It sounds good, but what about if the data must be accessible by many users. For example I want to let 2 users to access the same datas with their own passphrase...
Is there a simple way to do that ? Titang On Oct 8, 11:03 am, Joel Perras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simple solution: Generate a pseudo-random string of characters (or let > him choose his own passphrase), and use this as a salt to encrypt your > data before saving to your database. The passphrase must then be used > to retrieve any information from the database. > > Of course, all of this is completely useless if you don't use SSL for > the entire request/response process. > > -J. > > On Oct 7, 3:50 am, titang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I would like to encrypt/decrypt data in my application regarding the > > following requirements: > > - The data will be decrypted by many users. > > - I dont want to keep the secret password for decrypting the data of > > each users in my application. > > > Does someone have any idea about how can I do this ? And if there is > > something already implemented for the cakephp framework? > > > There is something pretty good, it is the gnupg > > project.http://www.gnupg.org/ > > I did my first test by command line on Linux, and it seems really > > good. > > 1. First i have to generate one public key per users (from an uid and > > a passphrase). > > 2. Then i encrypt the data and specify which users can access the > > data (by specifying the uid). > > 3. And the authorized users can decrypt the data with their own > > passphrase > > > An extension gnupg is available for php. > > What about a cakephp behavior using this extension? I think it could > > be very useful. > > > Any suggestions or helps are welcome ! > > > Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
