Re: encryption madness
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
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numero = 47095
interpreted = N
texte = Yes. 99.9% accuracy isn't really good enough when dealing with somebody elses money.it wouldn't take too long to write a script that tested encrypt/decrypt in an endless loop with random seeds to see if there are any inconsistencies. but i agree, this should have already been done by SMSI and documented...Its an important part of an ecomerce engine for people to be able to pay for products securely...----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Robinson
To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 11:46 AM Subject: Re: encryption madness > Maybe it's stating the bleedingly obvious, but shouldn't it be up to > SmithMicro to fix it?!?! There shouldn't be disagreements and endless > testing to see it one [url] or two does the job. You should just be able to > use [encrypt] to encrpyt it, and [decrypt] to decrypt it.... and that should > work. You know it makes sense! ;-) > > Regards, > Tim > -- > Tim Robinson > IDFK Web Developments > tim@idfk.com.au > 114a/40 Yeo Street > Neutral Bay 2089 > Australia > Phone +612 9908 2134 > Fax +612 9908 4837 > > > From: Glenn Busbin > > Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 17:42:12 > > To: (WebCatalog Talk) > > Subject: Re: encryption madness > > > >> FOR THE ARCHIVES... > >> > >> Ok, Windoze 2k Server with IIS and WC4.5 you only need one [url] when > >> writing to the dbase and it seems to work just fine in the orderfile. > >> HOWEVER... in this case the orderfile is not being processed by WebMerchant. > >> > >> Solution based on about 10 tests at this point. > >> > > > > > > I use > > [URL][URL][Encrypt Seed=abc123][Stuff][/Encrypt][/URL][/URL] > > and > > [Decrypt Seed=abc123][UnURL][Stuff][/UnURL][/Decrypt] > > > > This works on Mac Classic and OS X. It may differ on a Windoze box. > > > > Experiment. > > > > A lot. > > > > A 99.99% success rate indicates that something is wrong. > > > > Glenn > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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://webdna.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://webdna.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Yes. 99.9% accuracy isn't really good enough when dealing with somebody elses money.it wouldn't take too long to write a script that tested encrypt/decrypt in an endless loop with random seeds to see if there are any inconsistencies. but i agree, this should have already been done by SMSI and documented...Its an important part of an ecomerce engine for people to be able to pay for products securely...----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Robinson To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 11:46 AM Subject: Re: encryption madness > Maybe it's stating the bleedingly obvious, but shouldn't it be up to > SmithMicro to fix it?!?! There shouldn't be disagreements and endless > testing to see it one [url] or two does the job. You should just be able to > use [encrypt] to encrpyt it, and [decrypt] to decrypt it.... and that should > work. You know it makes sense! ;-) > > Regards, > Tim > -- > Tim Robinson > IDFK Web Developments > tim@idfk.com.au > 114a/40 Yeo Street > Neutral Bay 2089 > Australia > Phone +612 9908 2134 > Fax +612 9908 4837 > > > From: Glenn Busbin > > Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 17:42:12 > > To: (WebCatalog Talk) > > Subject: Re: encryption madness > > > >> FOR THE ARCHIVES... > >> > >> Ok, Windoze 2k Server with IIS and WC4.5 you only need one [url] when > >> writing to the dbase and it seems to work just fine in the orderfile. > >> HOWEVER... in this case the orderfile is not being processed by WebMerchant. > >> > >> Solution based on about 10 tests at this point. > >> > > > > > > I use > > [url][url][Encrypt Seed=abc123][Stuff][/Encrypt][/URL][/URL] > > and > > [Decrypt Seed=abc123][unurl][Stuff][/UnURL][/Decrypt] > > > > This works on Mac Classic and OS X. It may differ on a Windoze box. > > > > Experiment. > > > > A lot. > > > > A 99.99% success rate indicates that something is wrong. > > > > Glenn > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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://webdna.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://webdna.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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