Re: Encrypting userid for email

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 32610
interpreted = N
texte = yea, this is what I decided to do, but I still asked 'cause I was curious to read some feedback.thanks Charles>I have to ask why you feel the need to encrypt the cart number. This is >a unique value that is generated internally to WebCatalog. It is very >unlikely that a user could alter the number to hit someone else's cart >number. In general, it is a bad idea to encrypt something unless you >have a good reason to do so. > >John Peacock > >Charles Kline wrote: >> >> I was thinking about sending some emails out to a bunch of users and >> including a link into the site. This link would include the userid >> which I generated using [cart]. >> >> I want to encrypt this id and then decrypt it on a page that does a >> redirect into the area of the site I want. >> >> I have tried this a few ways and I figure that I need to use [url] on >> the encrypted userid, only this makes for a really really long url in >> the email. >> >> Is there any other options? >> >> Thanks >> Charles >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Encrypting userid for email (Charles Kline 2000)
  2. Re: Encrypting userid for email (John Peacock 2000)
  3. Re: Encrypting userid for email (Robie Blair 2000)
  4. Encrypting userid for email (Charles Kline 2000)
yea, this is what I decided to do, but I still asked 'cause I was curious to read some feedback.thanks Charles>I have to ask why you feel the need to encrypt the cart number. This is >a unique value that is generated internally to WebCatalog. It is very >unlikely that a user could alter the number to hit someone else's cart >number. In general, it is a bad idea to encrypt something unless you >have a good reason to do so. > >John Peacock > >Charles Kline wrote: >> >> I was thinking about sending some emails out to a bunch of users and >> including a link into the site. This link would include the userid >> which I generated using [cart]. >> >> I want to encrypt this id and then decrypt it on a page that does a >> redirect into the area of the site I want. >> >> I have tried this a few ways and I figure that I need to use [url] on >> the encrypted userid, only this makes for a really really long url in >> the email. >> >> Is there any other options? >> >> Thanks >> Charles >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Charles Kline

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