Re: Email Formatting
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 19760
interpreted = N
texte = Thanks for your answers--We basically want to encrypt the emails for further credit card security - for example, the WebCatalog emails the order with a credit car number in it, and it sits on a mail server until our Database connects to the web server to retrieve it.We want to be able to have the email encrypted and then when our databse retrieves the emails (automatically) it will decrypt and import.We do have access to a DES module that we can use - it uses 'standard' DES im sure, so im not sure if its compatible if you are usign a modified DES? -Scott Szretter @ EES >>2) Can we encrypt emails? > >Yes, although we should really examine your reasons for doing so, because >often there is a better way to securely get the information you need. What >are you really trying to accomplish? > >> Im told that emails can be encrypted, and decrypted via a eudora >>plug-in. What exactly is the encryption method? PGP? or? > >Encryption is a custom DES-style, no source code is available. You would >need Eudora to receive and decrypt the mail, so I don't think your own >software would be able to do it on its own. >
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Thanks for your answers--We basically want to encrypt the emails for further credit card security - for example, the WebCatalog emails the order with a credit car number in it, and it sits on a mail server until our Database connects to the web server to retrieve it.We want to be able to have the email encrypted and then when our databse retrieves the emails (automatically) it will decrypt and import.We do have access to a DES module that we can use - it uses 'standard' DES im sure, so im not sure if its compatible if you are usign a modified DES? -Scott Szretter @ EES >>2) Can we encrypt emails? > >Yes, although we should really examine your reasons for doing so, because >often there is a better way to securely get the information you need. What >are you really trying to accomplish? > >> Im told that emails can be encrypted, and decrypted via a eudora >>plug-in. What exactly is the encryption method? PGP? or? > >Encryption is a custom DES-style, no source code is available. You would >need Eudora to receive and decrypt the mail, so I don't think your own >software would be able to do it on its own. >
Scott Szretter
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