RE: [PHP] encrypting (low level)
| From: | jeremy brand | Date: | Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:43:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] encrypting (low level) | ||
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Don't think that XORing data is going to make it safe from reading it.
If you really need to encrypt it, stick to the standard, known, safe
encryption schemas. That would be Blowfish, 3DES, etc.
-jeremy brand
http://www.JeremyBrand.com/Jeremy/Brand/Jeremy_Brand.html
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On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Krznaric Michael wrote:
> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 12:26:13 -0500
> From: Krznaric Michael <mkrznaric@rand.com>
> To: 'Myke Hines' <MykeH@WebSite.WS>,
"PHP (E-mail)" <php-general@lists.php.net>
> Cc: "'Chris.Boget@wild.net'" <Chris.Boget@wild.net>
> Subject: RE: [PHP] encrypting (low level)
>
> You can always use the XOR property. The property says that given some
> number/string X, if you XOR your String/Password with X twice you will get
> back the original password.
>
> Eg.
> Password XOR Key = Encrypted_Password
> Encrypted_Password XOR Key = Password
>
>
> Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Myke Hines [mailto:MykeH@WebSite.WS]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 12:26 PM
> To: PHP (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: [PHP] encrypting (low level)
>
>
> You could just use the serialize the variable.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boget, Chris [mailto:Chris.Boget@wild.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 9:22 AM
> To: PHP (E-mail)
> Subject: [PHP] encrypting (low level)
>
>
> If one does not have the mcrypt functions
> compiled in, is there another way to encrypt
> (it doesn't necessarily have to be secure) a
> string so that you can unencrypt it?
> I just need to be able to pass a value via the
> URL w/o it being overly apparent what that
> value represents.
>
> thanks for any help!
>
> Chris
>
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