Re: encryption in browser?

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17498
interpreted = N
texte = The [url] wrapping is only necessary if your form uses method GET. If you use method POST, you should have to wrap your form values in [url].John.>>>Can I use [Encrypt] for the browser to hide values? >>>It works in my test - but does it work on all platforms with all >>>browsers? >> >>Encryption happens on the server side, so it has nothing to do with the >>browser (and should work regardless of which browser). I'm not quite >>sure what you're trying to do, though. > > >I encrypt hidden fields to make them unreadable in the source. That >brought funny characters to the page (linebreaks etc) so I was not sure >about different browsers. But I forgot to use [url]... >Now it works perfectly: >value=[url][encrypt seed=xxx]MyValue[/encrypt][/url]> > >Peter > >__________________________________________ >Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com >Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions >Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria >fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21 John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing Pacific Coast Software eCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: encryption in browser? NOT (John Hill 1998)
  2. Re: encryption in browser? (John Hill 1998)
  3. Re: encryption in browser? (Peter Ostry 1998)
  4. Re: encryption in browser? (Peter Ostry 1998)
  5. Re: encryption in browser? (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  6. encryption in browser? (Peter Ostry 1998)
The [url] wrapping is only necessary if your form uses method GET. If you use method POST, you should have to wrap your form values in [url].John.>>>Can I use [encrypt] for the browser to hide values? >>>It works in my test - but does it work on all platforms with all >>>browsers? >> >>Encryption happens on the server side, so it has nothing to do with the >>browser (and should work regardless of which browser). I'm not quite >>sure what you're trying to do, though. > > >I encrypt hidden fields to make them unreadable in the source. That >brought funny characters to the page (linebreaks etc) so I was not sure >about different browsers. But I forgot to use [url]... >Now it works perfectly: >value=[url][encrypt seed=xxx]MyValue[/encrypt][/url]> > >Peter > >__________________________________________ >Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com >Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions >Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria >fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21 John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing Pacific Coast Software eCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com John Hill

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