MC Encryption?
I've been looking at the Ask Dialog with a view of using a clone of it in my application. However, I'd like to be able to present a traditional "change/set password" dialog where the user is asked to enter their current password and then type in their new password twice. This means I'll need direct access to MC's encryption function. I've checked the on-line help and can't find any reference to encryption in MC apart from stack the protection mechanism. However, when I looked at the scripts of the Ask Dialog, I found the use of an undocumented function "mcencrypt()". Does anyone know the details of this function, what it produces and how secure it is? Also, is there an mcdecrypt() function or is the mechanism one-way only (a very common approach!)? Cheers Peter -- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: MC Encryption?
On 20/6/00 9:58 am, Peter Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been looking at the Ask Dialog with a view of using a clone of it in my application. However, I'd like to be able to present a traditional "change/set password" dialog where the user is asked to enter their current password and then type in their new password twice. This means I'll need direct access to MC's encryption function. I've checked the on-line help and can't find any reference to encryption in MC apart from stack the protection mechanism. However, when I looked at the scripts of the Ask Dialog, I found the use of an undocumented function "mcencrypt()". Does anyone know the details of this function, what it produces and how secure it is? Also, is there an mcdecrypt() function or is the mechanism one-way only (a very common approach!)? It should be fairly secure, but it is only one-way. Regards, Kevin Cheers Peter -- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk Kevin Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xworlds.com/ Cross Worlds Computing, MetaCard Distributors, Custom Development. Tel: +44 (0)131 672 2909. Fax: +44 (0)1639 830 707. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: MC Encryption?
I've checked the on-line help and can't find any reference to encryption in MC apart from stack the protection mechanism. However, when I looked at the scripts of the Ask Dialog, I found the use of an undocumented function "mcencrypt()". Does anyone know the details of this function, what it produces and how secure it is? Also, is there an mcdecrypt() function or is the mechanism one-way only (a very common approach!)? It should be fairly secure, but it is only one-way. Regards, Kevin Thanks Kevin. Is there anything else to know about the function "mcencrypt()" (as it's not documented) or just call it with a string and get a string returned?! Cheers Peter -- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
