Re: Encryption Question
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2006
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 67274
interpreted = N
texte = OK Thanks for the info. Cheers ======================================== Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 ======================================== http://www.asylumweb.com Email: steve@asylumweb.com Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig ======================================== On 22 May 2006, at 23:17, John Peacock wrote: > Steve Craig wrote: >> I am currently integrating a client site with a third party site, the >> third party has requested that all data going between the sites >> is XOR >> encrypted then Base64 encoded. I know that I can Base64 encode a >> string >> with the WebDNA encrypt command but I was wondering if there was >> a way >> to do the XOR bit? > > XOR encryption isn't a particularly strong encryption: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_XOR_Cipher > > though a quick Google seems to suggest that people writing ASP apps > seem to > think it is worthwhile (feh!). > > No, you'll have to drop to a shell to do this as none of the > encryption methods > provided by WebDNA will do this (Base64 is, strictly speaking, an > encoding). > > 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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OK Thanks for the info. Cheers ======================================== Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 ======================================== http://www.asylumweb.com Email: steve@asylumweb.com Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig ======================================== On 22 May 2006, at 23:17, John Peacock wrote: > Steve Craig wrote: >> I am currently integrating a client site with a third party site, the >> third party has requested that all data going between the sites >> is XOR >> encrypted then Base64 encoded. I know that I can Base64 encode a >> string >> with the WebDNA encrypt command but I was wondering if there was >> a way >> to do the XOR bit? > > XOR encryption isn't a particularly strong encryption: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_XOR_Cipher > > though a quick Google seems to suggest that people writing ASP apps > seem to > think it is worthwhile (feh!). > > No, you'll have to drop to a shell to do this as none of the > encryption methods > provided by WebDNA will do this (Base64 is, strictly speaking, an > encoding). > > 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 digest@talk.smithmicro.com> > 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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