password masking help

[xxdms2k11xx]

string pass="secret";

cout<<"Enter Password:";
cin>>pass;
cout<<"\n";

while(pass=="secret")

i need to asterisk the password

[booradley60]

I searched the forum for "password masking" and this was the first thread to come up:
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/general/3766/