But to back up a little bit, I wasn't asking how to encrypt, although I appreciate the advice (and I'm considering what way to go right now). I was more worried about where and how to store the generated key to decrypt the data "on the other side".
> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 4:49 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: best practices for encryption > > The correct answer to your question really depends on the specifics of > the job at hand. If, for example, you are storing account login > passwords I would say that a salted hash is a mighty good option, if > not the best. But that won't work for a lot of things. > > What are you up to? > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Janitor, MSB Web Systems > mysecretbase.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:254153 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
