Are you sure about the cfencrypt() function?  I don't think it's
"crackable", though any encryption is if you throw enough keys at it.
Rather, the encryption for encrypting files (like encrypted custom tags) has
been cracked for a long time (since it requires no user selectable key).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Polaski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: RE: Credit Card Encryption


> You can also remove the CC numbers from the database. We don't process a
> huge amount of CC's, so we just run some SQL to  set all but the last four
> digits to 'x' after having copied the good cc numbers to a floppy. The
> floppies go to a locked managers  office. That way the numbers aren't even
> on the network. We don't do it every day, but once a week or so--enough
that
> there aren't very many CC number sitting in the db.
>
> One suggestion: write a stored procedure that writes the CC numbers out to
> disk, then run GnuPG on the file, and then set all but the last four CC
> digits to 'x'. You could do it with a chron job, or use a scheduled task
in
> CF. I think that would work for you.
>
> One note: cfencrypt(), AFAIK, has been cracked. I'm not sure if that's
true
> of recent versions of CF, though.
>
>
>    Jeff Polaski
>    Webmaster
>    Research & Graduate Studies
>    University California, Irvine
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 9:43 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Credit Card Encryption
>
>
> Does anyone have any insight on encrypting data into a Table?  A client is
> asking about storing CC numbers and I want to see what level of protection
> we can provide.
>
> TIA!
>
> Hatton
>
> 
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