Aparajita, Somebody seeing ?recnum=1108 or such is going to try to see what happens with ?recnum=???. Yes it can be trapped after, but it would be nice to make it obscured.
Mike Vogt Millennium Data Services, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Aparajita Fishman > Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 1:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Active4d-dev] Data hiding techniques > > >> You could encode the querystring when writing it into HTML > as a link > >> and then decode it when you receive the page using a reverse > >> algorithm. For example, write the link as page.a4d? > >> kdfh=89df798sdf79s8f and then use MD5 to decode the value and > >> variable name. That way, both the query string variable name and > >> value are both hidden, and can't be easily decrypted. > >> > > Would you mind sharing a little more info on this technique? > > Certainly not enough to compromise your system, but could > you say how > > you are encoding/decoding to MD5 and how you are making the encoded > > values web safe. > > You can't decode MD5. It's a one-way hash. I would still like > to know _why_ you want to encrypt the link, that will help me > suggest a solution. > > Regards, > > Aparajita > Victory-Heart Productions > www.aparajitaworld.com > > "If you dare to fail, you are bound to succeed." > - Sri Chinmoy | www.srichinmoylibrary.com > > _______________________________________________ > Active4D-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.aparajitaworld.com/mailman/listinfo/active4d-dev > Archives: http://mailman.aparajitaworld.com/archive/active4d-dev/ > _______________________________________________ Active4D-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.aparajitaworld.com/mailman/listinfo/active4d-dev Archives: http://mailman.aparajitaworld.com/archive/active4d-dev/
