Since you are running CFMX 7, you might give the new encryption
methods a try. If you encode using Hex, you should be able to use the
encrypted string directly in a URL without encoding it.
example:
<cfset x = encrypt(var,key,"blowfish","hex")>
Good luck,
Mike Chabot
On 4/27/07, Kris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Les,
>
> I've seen similar behavior most typically when I'm also urlencoding
> the the encrypted value. What I figured out was happening is that if
> the encrypted value contained a space, when urlencodedformat() was run
> on it, the space would get converted to "%20" as expected. However,
> when it was decoded, the spaces were converted to "+" instead of a
> space, then the decrypt would not function properly. In my situation
> that either resulted in strange characters being added or usually
> resulting in a null pointer reference error. Also, this was under
> CFMX6.1.
>
> Cheers,
> Kris
>
>
> On 4/27/07, Les Mizzell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This is driving me crazy!!
> >
> > For this code:
> >
> > <cfif IsDefined("form.myVAR") AND #form.myVAR# NEQ "">
> > <cfset encrpt_myVAR=encrypt("#trim(FORM.myVAR)#","#encCODE#")>
> > </cfif>
> >
> > Figure this out. Here's a few test:
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > Form Entry: 2222 Decrypted output: 2222
> > Form Entry: 22222 Decrypted output: 2222=
> > form Entry: 222222 Decrypted output: 222222
> > form entry: 33333332 Decrypted output: 3333333=
> > form entry: abcdef2 Decrypted output: abcdef2
> > form entry: abcdef32 Decrypted output abcdef3=
> > form entry: abcdef33 Decrypted output abcdef33
> >
> >
> > I can pretty much put anything I want into the form field and it
> > encrypts correctly - UNLESS it ends in a "2". Then it's screwed -
> > sometimes. I can't tell if the problem is on the encrypt or decrypt side
> > either.
> >
> > During these test, the var "encCODE" was kept constant. I haven't tried
> > yet, but wonder if changing it would make a difference. Will try that next.
> >
> > Something I'll get a ">" some instead of the equal sign. It's ONLY a "2"
> > that does this. WTF?
> >
> > Any ideas at all? Is there a patch from the version below to fix this?
> > It's driving myself and a client insane right now!!!
> >
> >
> > Level: Enterprise
> > Name: ColdFusion Server
> > Version 7,0,2,142559
> >
> >
>
>
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