There is a simple alternative that you might not be aware of, and that is
use Advantage Database (I am assuming that you are using MySQL right now).
You can get a free version to try and it provides encryption at the table
level. There is a PHP interface for it and everything can be found at www
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Since your goal is to encrypt the card number in the database you'll
naturally need a way to decrypt it as well. At that point it se
Since your goal is to encrypt the card number in the database you'll naturally need a
way to decrypt it as well. At that point it seems your concern is that your database
will be compromised. That can be avoided easily by creating a single private key and
using your own algorithm to encrypt base
Well...
You can use PGPG/GNPGP for this or you can develop your own RSA
encryption - if you understand/have the know how.
A former programmer of mine who worked for a Security firm developed the
base-line code which was originally written in C then transferred into
Perl. He was greatful enough to