Hey John, The ENCRYPT uniBasic function is for encrypting something on the fly. Whereas, with Data At Rest encryption, you simply specify which fields in the file, or the whole file itself, to be encrypted, and the database takes care of the encryption/decryption, without any programmer intervention.
Before we had DAR going I toyed with the ENCRYPT function. If you want a code snippet that would demonstrate how this works, email me off list. HTH, -Baker -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Thompson Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 8:51 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] ENCRYPT in Universe I think I am understanding it a little more now. It seems as long as you don't decrypt it or store the keys in an "insecure" place, you are good to go. You can just compare the encrypted strings to see if a password matches or not. I'm curious though, whats the difference between the actual Encrypted Files features vs. the ENCRYPT function in BASIC? I'm guessing you might use encrypted files if you are doing something like credit cards? This communication, its contents and any file attachments transmitted with it are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential proprietary information. Access by any other party without the express written permission of the sender is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this communication in error you may not copy, distribute or use the contents, attachments or information in any way. Please destroy it and contact the sender. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
