Ahh...thanks Matthew....that makes sense Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 12:48 PM Subject: RE: Encryption gurus please read > I think it's because encrypted values are not evaluated for their own > value, but are rather hashed - thereby there can be more than one value > that hashes out to the same value. > > Simple Example: I have a decimal number that needs to be encrypted if > A=0, b=1,...j = 9, k = 0, l = 1, then I can have multiple values that > evaluate to the same number. It's similar to clock or modular > arithmetic. > > BJL = 191 > LTL = 191 > > > Matthew Small > IT Supervisor > Showstopper National Dance Competitions > 3660 Old Kings Hwy > Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 > 843-357-1847 > http://www.showstopperonline.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:25 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Encryption gurus please read > > Hey All, > > I'm not entirely sure why I'm getting the results I am, so I'll ask this > question: > > Why is it that the returned encrypted value can vary even though the > string > being encrypted and the key used remains constant (i.e. when encrypting > "yeehaw" with the key "boohoo" will not always return the same encrypted > value)? > > BTW I've tested this situation against cf_cryp, cf_crypt, and Encrypt() > > TIA ;-) > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > t. 250.920.8830 > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Macromedia Associate Partner > www.macromedia.com > --------------------------------------------------------- > Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group > Founder & Director > www.cfug-vancouverisland.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
