If you are interested in the best currently available encryption technology,
I would recommend:
http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/aes/
This is the ongoing process to select a successor to DES. There are several
state-of-the-art algorithms, some of which are offered with a GNU-like
license. The eventual winner will presumably be available on some sort of
free license similar to DES today.
I have played a bit with the Rijndael algorithm for another project, and
have managed to get it running on a PIC microcontroller, encrypting a
16-byte block in a couple of milliseconds using a few hundred words of code
space and less than 50 bytes or RAM. On a Palm, one could use the reference
implementation directly, and have it up and running in a matter of minutes.
The Dragonball should have no difficulty running rings around a PIC.
If you want to understand the problems, and get lots of information on how
to do it right (there exists a body of decades of experience with ways to
get it wrong), I would recommend Bruce Schneier's book Applied Cryptography
ISBN 0-471-11709-9. It's readable, and full of practical information, but
he tells you about all the nasty maths if you really want to know.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Mckee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 12:45 AM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Data Encryption, HELP
>
>
> I would like to encrypt my program's database on the Palm.
> How or what is
> the easiest way to code this into my program? Any help is GREATLY
> appreciated. I am currently using Codewarrior v5 and Windows 98.
>
>
> Regards,
> Kevin Mckee
>
>
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