Re: Using Encrypt/Decrypt
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texte = >A question on the mechanics of encrypt/decrypt:>>No problem using a single instance of E/D, but my objective is to >pass an encrypted code from page to page:>>page1.tpl?c=[encrypt seed=1234][somecode][/encrypt] .......>>decrypt the code on the destination page (this works)...>[decrypt seed=1234][code][/decrypt]>do a search with the decrypted code>>then re-encrypt it to go to the next page, and repeat the process >with each pass.>>It works once, but no repeat of the encryption process, with the >same seed or a different one, seems to work. Docs are a little >skimpy on what is actually going on.>This use does NOT save anything to disk, but passes the encrypted >value along each request, decrypts the code for use on the page in a >secure manner, then re=encrypts it to pass along.>>Anyone have any experience here?This doesn't have anything to do with the encrypt/decrypt code. It's not working because you're not using the [url] context to insure that the value will pass properly in the URL. If you will simply [url] the passed value you won't have any problem:page1.tpl?c=[url][encrypt seed=1234][somecode][/encrypt] [/url]-- Kenneth Grome-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>A question on the mechanics of encrypt/decrypt:>>No problem using a single instance of E/D, but my objective is to >pass an encrypted code from page to page:>>page1.tpl?c=[encrypt seed=1234][somecode][/encrypt] .......>>decrypt the code on the destination page (this works)...>[decrypt seed=1234][code][/decrypt]>do a search with the decrypted code>>then re-encrypt it to go to the next page, and repeat the process >with each pass.>>It works once, but no repeat of the encryption process, with the >same seed or a different one, seems to work. Docs are a little >skimpy on what is actually going on.>This use does NOT save anything to disk, but passes the encrypted >value along each request, decrypts the code for use on the page in a >secure manner, then re=encrypts it to pass along.>>Anyone have any experience here?This doesn't have anything to do with the encrypt/decrypt code. It's not working because you're not using the [url] context to insure that the value will pass properly in the URL. If you will simply [url] the passed value you won't have any problem:page1.tpl?c=[url][encrypt seed=1234][somecode][/encrypt] [/url]-- Kenneth Grome-------------------------------------------------------------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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