but that's what my module is meant for Keyser Soze
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] New Module > > J Smith wrote: > > > I hesitate to mention this because I don't want to get stuck in a corner > > here, but I've been working on and off on a PHP encryption extension for > > precisely the reasons you mention. I'm using Crypto++, a public ... > > This sounds to me like one of the better ways to do it. Just have an extension > that does two-way encryption, and supports several different algorithms. For > those people who whant to define their own algorithms, why not have a way to > register a new crypt/decrypt callback methods either developed in PHP or > loadable module? Something like: > > bool crypto_register_algorithm(string name, function &crypt, function > &decrypt) > > Then crypt and decrypt could have function headers similar to (perhaps this is > oversimplified): > > string crypt(string data, mixed key) > > I don't think the module would need to write configuration files, etc. That > could be handled with PHP by the developer, or by another PHP > extension/function which can write such files. > > Just babbling, > -Brad > > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
