Re: New Module

--- derick@php.net wrote: > Hey, > > why not simply use the mcrypt functions available in PHP? I will tell you why. Mcrypt is nearly useless for developers like myself who develop PHP applications for both *NIX and win32 platforms. The mcrypt libraries are not distributed with the Windows binaries package and I have tried to build them myself only to find that you need Cygwin, which is an unacceptable dependency. I have been looking for months for a standard method to perform encryption with PHP and have only found php_blowfish (http://www.brisse.dk/linux/phpext/blowfish.htm) as a reasonable alternative that runs on both *NIX and win32 without many problems. Unfortunately this module is not distributed with PHP so I am nervous basing my software on it. I require two way encryption so that I can store passwords in a database to prevent unscrupulous database administrators from stealing them so it is extremely important to my business. If anyone has any input on this issue I would be delighted to hear it. Warm regards, Brent __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/