Isn't hat simply power operator? The ruby equiv should be **

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Ivan Vanderbyl

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On 23/06/2012, at 4:42 PM, markbrown4 <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks guys,
> 
> I realise that the javascript function I posted is just shifting the 
> characters and isn't real encryption.
> All I was looking for was a simple way to mask the data being sent to the 
> server.
> 
> I had a quick look for what the ^ operator does in Javascript but couldn't 
> find any info on it.
> The ^ operator isn't available in Ruby 1.9.3 so I don't know what the Ruby 
> equivalent would look like.
> 
> Cryptocat looks interesting but I couldn't find any good examples, AES looks 
> like it could work.
> http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/aes.html
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> On Friday, 22 June 2012 23:02:06 UTC+10, Clifford Heath wrote:
> On 22/06/2012, at 5:54 PM, Mark Brown wrote: 
> > I know trying to secure anything on the client-side is a no-no. 
> > 
> > function crypt(text, key) { 
> >   var result = ""; 
> >   for(var i=0, ii=text.length; i<ii; ++i) { 
> >     result += String.fromCharCode(key^text.charCodeAt(i)); 
> >   } 
> >   return result; 
> > } 
> > 
> > crypt('{ data: "yep" }', 6) => "}&bgrg<&$ cv$&{" 
> > crypt("}&bgrg<&$ cv$&{", 6) => { data: "yep" } 
> > 
> > Can anyone help with a Ruby equivalent? to decrypt that string? 
> > Or does anyone have other examples of client-side encryption and decryption 
> > in Ruby? 
> 
> That code doesn't do encryption - it's just a byte-wise xor mask. 
> The Ruby equivalent is trivial. 
> 
> In regard to encryption on the client side, the client should be regarded 
> as an untrusted third party. It must prove its authenticity in *every* 
> transaction, 
> by a signature applied over the  entire message content. The signature may 
> be constructed using a shared secret or by use of a private key. 
> 
> Clifford Heath.
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