I'm not an encryption expert. I have been asked by a client to research x.509 encryption in ColdFusion. I'm completely confused.
To give a brief background, we are trying to setup a Single Sign On Solution with a vendor. People from their site will come to ours, and they will send us some encrypted data in a form post, which we can decrypt the data and then sign them into our system based on some encrypted data. Initial we spoke of using PGP decryption, which we set up w/ the Digital Outlook custom tag and the PGP desktop software. Unfortunately, the PGP software appears to disable ColdFusion's WSConfig utility ( More details here: <http://www.ooine.com/index.cfm?commentID=119> ), so we started looking for alternatives. The vendor suggested x.509 encryption. This is where I get really confused. A web search on x.509 brings up a ton of stuff on SSL. I found a few references to LDAP. Based on my research, it appears that x.509 is encryption for the delivery method / packets, and not specific data. I remember that there is a way to import the certificates (which I assume are x.509) into CF, but that was so you could consume web services and/or access LDAP directories securely. That type of thing doesn't help, since we'll be being sent data (not requesting it). I pointed at that an https post would be using x.509 encryption, but that was shot down. Does anyone have one of the easy buttons? -- Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> Connecticut Macromedia User Group: <http://www.ctmug.com> Now Blogging at <http://www.jeffryhouser.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:224324 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
