Re: encripted storage
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 20124
interpreted = N
texte = At 0:25 Uhr -1000 29.09.1998, Kenneth Grome wrote:>>>say I want to store credit card numbers or whatever in a web cat database,>>>can it be stored encripted?>>>>You can use the [encrypt...] context. But you have to store the seed value>>somewhere, somehow.>>Why not store the seed value in your brain, then enter it into a form>field whenever necessary? Using this method means never having to>hard-code the seed value into a template, or an include file, or a>database field ... :)Maybe someone wants to show encrypted data to the customer via a web-interface:If you store different seed values with the records, you can decrypt theseed with a hidden master-seed - anyway, I do not know if that reallymakes sense, was just loud thinking :)Peter__________________________________________Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.comOstry & Partner - Ostry Internet SolutionsAuhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austriafon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21
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At 0:25 Uhr -1000 29.09.1998, Kenneth Grome wrote:>>>say I want to store credit card numbers or whatever in a web cat database,>>>can it be stored encripted?>>>>You can use the [encrypt...] context. But you have to store the seed value>>somewhere, somehow.>>Why not store the seed value in your brain, then enter it into a form>field whenever necessary? Using this method means never having to>hard-code the seed value into a template, or an include file, or a>database field ... :)Maybe someone wants to show encrypted data to the customer via a web-interface:If you store different seed values with the records, you can decrypt theseed with a hidden master-seed - anyway, I do not know if that reallymakes sense, was just loud thinking :)Peter__________________________________________Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.comOstry & Partner - Ostry Internet SolutionsAuhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austriafon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21
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