OK, I get it. However, using the code I get: *AttributeError: type object 'AES' has no attribute 'new'*
On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 2:00:06 PM UTC+2, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > You cannot use CRYPT for this purpose. That is a one way hash. The > original plaintext cannot be recovered. > > You need a symmetric cypher. Web2py comes with the gluon/contrib/aes.py > > from gluon.contrib.aes import AES > key = "your encryption key" > IV = ' '*16 > db.table.field.filter_in = lambda data,key=key,iv=iv: > AES.new(key,AES.MODE_CBC,iv).encrypt(data) > db.table.field.filter_out = lambda data,key=key,iv=iv: > AES.new(key,AES.MODE_CBC,iv).decrypt(data) > > > > On Tuesday, 25 June 2013 06:11:49 UTC-5, lesssugar wrote: >> >> I have values I would like to store encrypted in my db after user inserts >> them. When displayed, the data should get decrypted. >> >> All I know about encryption in web2py is that it uses HMAC+SHA512 by >> default to store password in auth_user table. How do I customize it to >> achieve my goal? >> >> *EDIT* >> I found this: *requires=CRYPT(digest_alg='sha512')* - but I think it's >> only crating a hash, right? I guess I need a key to encrypt/decrypt. And >> how do I get the values in Row object decrypted after I perform a select? >> Can't find much about implementing such mechanism in web2py, unfortunately. >> > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

