Re: PHP Java extension--hopeless?

On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 20:17, Raditha Dissanayake wrote: > >Right, I agree this is a very bassakwards way of going about it.. In this > >instance, performance is not really an issue as much as politics.. but > >this comment is useful as we may be able to persuade them into providing > >information about the algorithm in use, to develop something more usable. > >We are the small fish, and the big fish provides this service.. it's > >politically beneficial to us if we could get it running in the short term, > >but it appears that the Java extension really isn't ready for prime time.. > > > >Fortunately I've made contact with the guy who developed the Java code, > >and he has a vested interest in getting it to work with PHP too, so maybe > >in the longer term we can find a better solution... > > > > > > Suggestion: ask your java developer to create JSP that uses the decoder > bean. Host on the LAN. Post the encrypted data to it and recieve the > decrypted response. This would be pathetic in terms of performance but > you don't appear to be concerned about it. You would obviously want to > do this over HTTPS instead of plain old HTTP Or a servlet filter is fine in this situation that redirects to the auth-website if cookie is not set or redirects to the associated php page. -- Ray