“ALL passwords are inherently a form of cryptography.”
Nope. Anyone can enter passwords. No encryption.
“Nope. Anyone can enter passwords. No encryption.”
From MS themselves:
“How are passwords stored in Active Directory?
Passwords stored in AD are hashed. Meaning that once the user creates a password, an algorithm transforms that password into an encrypted output known as a “hash”. Hashes are of fixed size so passwords of different lengths will have the same number of characters. They are designed to be one-way encryption so that once they are coded, no one should be able to break that code (theoretically).”
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/848370/salting-and-hashing
Passwords are hashed (one-way encryption) when stored in a database so if your account data is stolen they don't have your password.
When you enter your password what you enter is hashed and compared to the hash in the database to confirm you entered the correct password.