> > I've checked the on-line help and can't find any reference to
>> encryption in MC apart from stack the protection mechanism. However,
>> when I looked at the scripts of the Ask Dialog, I found the use of an
> > undocumented function "mcencrypt()". Does anyone know the details of
>> this function, what it produces and how secure it is? Also, is there
>> an mcdecrypt() function or is the mechanism one-way only (a very
>> common approach!)?
>
>It should be fairly secure, but it is only one-way.
>
>Regards,
>
>Kevin
Thanks Kevin. Is there anything else to know about the function
"mcencrypt()" (as it's not documented) or just call it with a string
and get a string returned?!
Cheers
Peter
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