Re: [WebDNA] encrypt files/directories
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2011
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 107601
interpreted = N
texte = On Oct 31, 2011, at 4:57 PM, Govinda wrote: > for that matter I wonder how easy or hard it is to brute force current = webdna encrypted vals.? I mean the PHP clan has had to abandon md5() in = favor of crypt() (i.e. blowfish) in recent years+ due to the fact that = md5 is too easy to brute force reverse by today's computer power = standards. Webdna is going to need to address this too if we ever = become more popular than "security-through-obscurity". WebDNA has always been blowfish (at least it was when I last had a hand = in it). Plus salting and some other goodies, such as randomized keys, to = prevent brute-force reverse-engineering. You'll notice it doesn't = produce the same output twice if you encrypt the letter "a" twice in a = row. This is to help with dictionary attacks.=
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On Oct 31, 2011, at 4:57 PM, Govinda wrote: > for that matter I wonder how easy or hard it is to brute force current = webdna encrypted vals.? I mean the PHP clan has had to abandon md5() in = favor of crypt() (i.e. blowfish) in recent years+ due to the fact that = md5 is too easy to brute force reverse by today's computer power = standards. Webdna is going to need to address this too if we ever = become more popular than "security-through-obscurity". WebDNA has always been blowfish (at least it was when I last had a hand = in it). Plus salting and some other goodies, such as randomized keys, to = prevent brute-force reverse-engineering. You'll notice it doesn't = produce the same output twice if you encrypt the letter "a" twice in a = row. This is to help with dictionary attacks.=
Grant Hulbert
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