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OpenLoop · Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:08 PM

OH, I though we were discussion the MD5() funtion in SQL not PHP because that's what I used to encrypt the data in the database. I didn't know at first that PHP had the same function.

Polyphemus_ · Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Eryk

Logic errors, not syntax.

For example, when checking passwords if you encrypt input on the client side and you check them with JS disabled, it won't come out properly. The best idea is to just do it all in PHP.

how would you do that in PHP? When you use php, it first has to be sent over the net unencrypted, so then you won't need all the encryption stuff anyway.

Eryk · Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:19 PM

I think you have a twisted view of what encryption is for. If you wanted it for transfering stuff over the net, then you need an SSL cert, not JS. The encryption is for it to be protected in the database, so someone can't just sit there and get all the passwords.

Lich · Aug 22nd, 2005, 4:28 PM

screw javacscript in thie regard. password(); works great for such a thing, as does md5(); using PHP, then stick the encrypted stuff into the database

Polyphemus_ · Aug 22nd, 2005, 4:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Eryk

I think you have a twisted view of what encryption is for. If you wanted it for transfering stuff over the net, then you need an SSL cert, not JS. The encryption is for it to be protected in the database, so someone can't just sit there and get all the passwords.

you're right at that point

OpenLoop · Aug 22nd, 2005, 5:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Lich

screw javacscript in thie regard. password(); works great for such a thing, as does md5(); using PHP, then stick the encrypted stuff into the database

lol that's what i ended up doing.

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Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:08 PM	#21
OpenLoop Expert Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Lansing, MI Posts: 663 Rep Power: 4	OH, I though we were discussion the MD5() funtion in SQL not PHP because that's what I used to encrypt the data in the database. I didn't know at first that PHP had the same function.

Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:19 PM	#23
Eryk Programmer Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 62 Rep Power: 3	I think you have a twisted view of what encryption is for. If you wanted it for transfering stuff over the net, then you need an SSL cert, not JS. The encryption is for it to be protected in the database, so someone can't just sit there and get all the passwords.

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