Isaac: I knew I had seen this somewhere. Niels Ferguson has just released a free C library of the Twofish encryption algorithm. You could probably create a quick and dirty command line and/or CFX implementation of the algorithm pretty quickly. Maybe this'll do it for you.
http://www.macfergus.com/niels/code/TwofishClib.html -- Mosh Teitelbaum evoch, LLC Tel: (301) 625-9191 Fax: (301) 933-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 7:11 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: encryption - CF & SQL Server > > > > OK... so, just to verify what we're looking for here > > (again 8^>): The data > > is submitted to CF Server in clear text, CF encrypts the > > data and inserts it > > into the DB. At some later point, an external app queries > > the DB, decrypts > > the data, and writes it to a flat file. Is that right? > > hehe... No, the 2nd app is SQL Server. :) Although if the encryption > software has a command-line interface, I can probably use that from SQL > Server. > > > The solution, IMO, is to use an encryption algorithm that > > is available to > > both CF and this external app. Again, not being a > > practiced COM guy, I'm > > not going to get into COM (since I like to sound halfway > > intelligent when I > > write). But you could try finding another external app > > that allows > > encryption decryption from the command-line. CF could use > > CFEXECUTE to call > > this app to encrypt the data and the other application > > could call it for > > decryption. Or, find an algorithm that is supported via a > > CF_tag and has a > > "sibling" that can be called from your other app. You'd > > just have to make > > sure that both CF and the other app are using the same > > encryption/decryption > > keys. > > Yep, that's the thinking. :) > > > For example: > > Blowfish > > http://devex.macromedia.com/developer/gallery/info.cfm?ID= > > CA347367-2830-11D4 > > -AA9700508B94F380&method=Full > > > > Rijndael or 3DES > > http://devex.macromedia.com/developer/gallery/info.cfm?ID= > > 67CBD343-A003-11D5 > > -83F600508B94F85A&method=Full > > > > You're on your own for finding the non-CF versions though > > 8^). Good luck. > > Thanks. :) > > > Isaac > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > www.turnkey.to > 954-776-0046 > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
