Re: converted seed value?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18868
interpreted = N
texte = (Peter Ostry) >>>We must calm a future customer down: >>>Can I use a conversion table for the seed value?(PCS Support) >>I don't understand the question, so I'll ask another: what are you trying >>to prevent? What is it that is making the customer nervous? There are a >>number of encryption solutions that are completely secure, including the >>mechanism we use in the passwords file.(Ken Grome) >This topic is soon to be moot, because WebCatalog 3.0, when it is >released, will be able to encrypt templates... Oh, I don't have a serious problem. In fact the customer is scared about some rather hysterical mails on a Windoes mailing list, stopped developing his beloved asp project and asked us for a WebCat solution (yes!). But now he wants to encrypt everything. I looked into WebCat encryption and showed him the system. Of course, he saw the seed value in clear text and became again uncertain. I had the idea to take his fear away by doing something like [encrypt seed=[convertchars db=enc.db]seedvalue[/convertchars] to hide the real seed value in a db. Ingeniously as I am, I exactly took the wrong day for such a question ;-)Peter__________________________________________ Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21
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(Peter Ostry) >>>We must calm a future customer down: >>>Can I use a conversion table for the seed value?(PCS Support) >>I don't understand the question, so I'll ask another: what are you trying >>to prevent? What is it that is making the customer nervous? There are a >>number of encryption solutions that are completely secure, including the >>mechanism we use in the passwords file.(Ken Grome) >This topic is soon to be moot, because WebCatalog 3.0, when it is >released, will be able to encrypt templates... Oh, I don't have a serious problem. In fact the customer is scared about some rather hysterical mails on a Windoes mailing list, stopped developing his beloved asp project and asked us for a WebCat solution (yes!). But now he wants to encrypt everything. I looked into WebCat encryption and showed him the system. Of course, he saw the seed value in clear text and became again uncertain. I had the idea to take his fear away by doing something like [encrypt seed=[convertchars db=enc.db]seedvalue[/convertchars] to hide the real seed value in a db. Ingeniously as I am, I exactly took the wrong day for such a question ;-)Peter__________________________________________ Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21
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