Re: [PHP] Credit Card suggestions

2002-08-12 Thread Analysis & Solutions
On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 08:48:49PM -0400, Mike Mannakee wrote: > Does anyone have any suggested method of scrambling a user's credit card > number before I stick it in a mysql database? I want to make sure it's > useless to anyone that might manage to lift the database. It's best not to store fu

Re: [PHP] Credit Card suggestions

2002-08-12 Thread Mike Dunlop
We use the mcrypt lib to encrypt data stored in our DB; works great for us. Check the online documentation for more info. - Mike D >Does anyone have any suggested method of scrambling a user's credit card >number before I stick it in a mysql database? I want to make sure it's >useless to anyo

Re: [PHP] Credit Card suggestions

2002-08-12 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
If they are able to lift your database they are more than likely able to lift your scrambling code as well. And assuming you want the ability to descramble the card number, there is simply no way to do this securely. Sorry. -Rasmus On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Mike Mannakee wrote: > Does anyone have a