on 3/15/01 7:32 PM, Richard Gaskin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Transporting media in a secure manner over the Web is inherently
> problematic, but as long as we're moving media around in a MetaCard stack it
> raises an interesting question:
>
> Why not put media (text, images) in a MetaCard stack as a wrapper, then set
> a password for it for transport?
>
> It would seem like such a scheme would provide a basic level of encryption
> while adding very little to the size of the media. And using MC's built-in
> GZip support, such files would likely be smaller than the native file
> itself.
>
> So here's the question: Just how secure is MC's encryption compared to,
> say, PGP or other popular methods? Would it be considered suitable for
> transporting medical record data?
>
> --
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Media Corporation
> Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web
I am in total favor for something like that! It has crossed my mind as
well. Since more and more apps are going to be taking advantage of MC's
internet and intranet capabilities, encryption at any level would be
desirable.
-Mark
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