Sorry - I didn't look at the attached code well enough (I just got up, yeah,
I know it's one o'clock).  ;^)

You're right - if the server allows access to the core Java Components this
will work.

Jim Davis

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 1:23 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: CrystalTech Users Beware
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Farrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 12:33 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: RE: CrystalTech Users Beware
> >
> > Hashing your app name isn't going to protect you from others on a shared
> > server from looking in on you:
> 
> It not hashing the app name - it's hashing the app DIRECTORY to get the
> name
> and then adding a secrete value to the end ("salt").
> 
> Using a hash of the directory ensures to a great degree of certainty that
> the name won't be accidentally used again.  Adding the salt attempts to
> ensure that nobody could guess the name easily just by knowing your
> application path.
> 
> Jim Davis




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