True about that. I assumed the poster was talking about usernames/passwords alone, but maybe that isn't the case.
I guess I'm wondering why anyone would want to essentially re- implement portions of SSL. As a user, I certainly wouldn't trust any site that was loaded over HTTP instead of HTTPS, whether they claimed to have their own security scheme implemented or not. --- In [email protected], "Alias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > MD5 is a one-way encryption algorithm, so it won't be any use for encrypting > data in the way you want - it's only for hashing and passwords, really. > > If you need additional encryption to https, you could try encrypting the > data with TEA > http://www.simonshepherd.supanet.com/tea.htm > > There's an implementation in AS1 here, should be pretty trivial to port to > AS3. > http://www.simonshepherd.supanet.com/TEAflash.txt > > HTH, > Alias > > On 09 Apr 2007 09:43:33 -0700, Doug Lowder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The AS3 corelib has an MD5 algorithm implemented. > > > > > > http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ActionScript_3:resources:apis:lib raries > > > > Probably the safest way to send data, though, would be to send over HTTPS > > rather than HTTP. If your data really are of a sensitive nature, then your > > server should be configured to accept HTTPS/SSL connections. Part of > > security is also verifying that the server you are communicating with is who > > you think it is; data encryption alone won't accomplish that, but SSL will. > > > > HTH, > > Doug > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "André Rodrigues Pena" <andre.ufrj@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm looking for someway to encrypt the information I'm sending through > > > HTTPService via POST. > > > > > > I need this information to be decrypted inside a JSP script at the > > > back-end. So I need a encryption method that has a corresponding > > > decryption method at server-side (Java) > > > > > > I'm not experienced with cryptography. If you already solved some > > > problem like that. Please help. > > > > > > -- > > > André Rodrigues Pena > > > > > > > > > >
