two words: RSA encription. http://www.orst.edu/dept/honors/makmur/
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dynapi-Help" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:31 PM Subject: [Dynapi-Help] theoretical javascript question > Would it be possible, in theory, to securely validate a password client > side? > > Obviously, simple string matching would not work because the client could > view the source to find the correct password. > > But I have this vague notion (my upper level math skills are very rusty): > > Parsing the password up into characters perhaps, converting the chars > to numbers, and then passing the numbers into the variables of a set > of non-linear equations that must be solved simulataneously (in javascript, > a set of functions that must return true simultaneously). I have no idea > how you could generate the necessary difficult-to-solve set of equations > given a particular password, but am curious to know if such an approach > is viable even in theory. Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks, > Jonah > > > _______________________________________________ > Dynapi-Help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help
