Re: [Flashcoders] encrypt string (fast)

2007-08-18 Thread Tyler Wright
I would think the built-in ByteArray.compress would be much faster than 5-10 seconds for a simple 100k string. But if it doesn't work, a really simple method of encrypting a string is doing a bit-flip on each character ... // your original string (try this out with large files) var str:String =

[Flashcoders] encrypt string (fast)

2007-08-16 Thread Mick G
I need a way to encrypt a LARGE string (up to 100k of text) - my data is mostly xy coordinates so 90% numbers. I've tried a few AS encryption classes that I've found online and considering I have such a large string, they're all too slow. It doesn't need to be too secure - decryption speed is

Re: [Flashcoders] encrypt string (fast)

2007-08-16 Thread elibol
Why do you need to encrypt it? If you just need it unreadable, then why not kill two birds with one stone and compress it? http://www.razorberry.com/blog/archives/2004/08/22/lzw-compression-methods-in-as2/ On 8/16/07, Mick G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need a way to encrypt a LARGE string (up

Re: [Flashcoders] encrypt string (fast)

2007-08-16 Thread Mick G
I've tried different compressions classes - they're just too slow (even with some I tried that throw chunks of data at the class in intervals, it still took 5 - 10 seconds. And yes the purpose is to make it unreadable. I've written a very simple function that replaces the numbers 1 - 20 with

Re: [Flashcoders] encrypt string (fast)

2007-08-16 Thread Muzak
Tried Base64 encoding? http://www.dynamicflash.com/goodies/base64 regards, Muzak I need a way to encrypt a LARGE string (up to 100k of text) - my data is mostly xy coordinates so 90% numbers. I've tried a few AS encryption classes that I've found online and considering I have such a large