Tyler, I ran your code exactly as you have it, and didn't get any errors. ======================================================================= Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia
Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Tyler Silcox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 9:58 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: encrypting/decrypting... > > > I remember a discussion a little while back about > encrypting/decrypting > variables etc and now I'm starting to encrypt some passed > variables and was > wondering if y'all could remember some of the finer points of the > discussion, because I sure don't, and now I'm having some > problems. I think > my problems are associated with the way cfscript is running, > but I could be > going about the encryption process the wrong way in the first place... > > What I'm trying to do is: > > I want to encrypt all cookie, url and form values when passed > or written to. > I wrote a couple UDFs that combines the Encrypt and URLEncodedFormat > functions, along with their counter functions. > > <cfparam name="KeyName" default="Do you accept third party > out of state > checks?"> > <cfscript> > function Encodify(encodeThis){ > var encodedString = ""; > encodedString = URLEncodedFormat(Encrypt(encodeThis, KeyName)); > return encodedString; > } > </cfscript> > <cfscript> > function Decodify(decodeThis){ > var decodedString = ""; > decodedString = Decrypt(URLDecode(decodeThis), KeyName); > return decodedString; > } > </cfscript> > > Simple enough, but I'm getting an error when I just try to > encode certain > numbers (in this case: 1) > > <cfset myid="1"> > Original myID: 1 > > <cfset myid=Encodify(myid)> > Encoded myid: %21%23%40%24%23%0A > > <cfset myid=Decodify(myid)> > An error occurred while evaluating the expression: > myid=Decodify(myid) > The value to be decrypted is not valid > > Which is wacked, because if I just take the "Encodified" value > (%21%23%40%24%23%0A) and write out the functions, instead of > using the UDF, > it works: > > <cfset myid=URLDecode(myid)> > URLDecoded myid: !#@$# > <cfset myid=Decrypt(myid, KeyName)> > Decrypted myid: 1 > > It looks like the pound signs in the encrypted value is what > it creating the > error, but I can't figure out why/how cfscript can't handle it. > > Can anyone shed some light on what I'm trying to do here? Is > this a bug in > the UDF/cfscript implementation? Is this a waste of a UDF? > Should I be > using CFusion_Encrypt() or Hash() functions instead? So many > questions... > > Tyler > ______________________________________________________________ > __________________ > Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists > ________________________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
