Are you sure you need to encrypt SSNs? Unless your setup is more
sophisticated than most, encryption will only provide a placebo in terms of
security.

-Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Austin Govella
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 3:29 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Encrypting strings
>
> I need to encrypt SSNs.
>
> I'm looking for something more powerful than encrypt().
>
> Also, does the length of my encryption key affect the
> difficulty for people trying to decrypt?
>
> For example, is using "canine" for a key more secure than
> using "dog" just because it's longer?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Austin
>
>
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