Re: encrypting without "ugly" URLs
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 60845
interpreted = N
texte = Joe D'Andrea wrote: > Doing a little experimentation, I found that I can't decrypt the method=apop As I said in my second message MD5, nee APOP, is a one-way hashing and you cannot descript it. Triple-DES, nee Cybercash, is a true encryption and can be decrypted. > And the data is not really secret... I just don't want to pass obvious values in a URL.... Then base64 is the way to go; it will always be text (A-Z,a-z, +, /, and =). John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Joe D'Andrea wrote: > Doing a little experimentation, I found that I can't decrypt the method=apop As I said in my second message MD5, nee APOP, is a one-way hashing and you cannot descript it. Triple-DES, nee Cybercash, is a true encryption and can be decrypted. > And the data is not really secret... I just don't want to pass obvious values in a URL.... Then base64 is the way to go; it will always be text (A-Z,a-z, +, /, and =). John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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