I have been using cfx_encrypt_aes. The site claims that it should be secure "then it would take that machine approximately 149 thousand billion (149 trillion) years to crack a 128-bit AES key." And it can (if you want it to be) be bound to a MAC address of the Network card so in theory if someone swipes your code and your encrypted data they still need the Network card. (or at least the MAC address and a network card with a programmable MAC address.) I think I read somewhere that the DOD uses it to secure some data.
http://www.cfxworks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=info_aes256 It even has fully working demo. Mark W. Breneman -Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Developer -Network / Web Server Administrator Vivid Media [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.vividmedia.com 608.270.9770 -----Original Message----- From: Shawn Grover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 4:05 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Encryption in MX? In the past (with CF 4.5 and 5), I've used the undocumented CFUSION_ENCRYPT function for encrypting my values. Is there something similar in MX? The documentation I've found thus far only indicates the native Encrypt() function, which is known to have some issues (like being easy crack, and needing triple the space of your string once it is encrypted.). I'd rather not use the Encrypt function, and before examining the options at CFLib.org and elsewhere on the web, I wanted to find out what people on the list are using for encryption. Comments or suggestions are welcomed... Shawn (ps. I've just realized the CFUSION_ENCRYPT function still works in MX, but would still like to hear what others are using). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
