What you need to do is create two numbers which when used together give you
a unique / secure value.
So when then user subscribesto your site get the regid and format like
1 (9 digits) (use numberformat)
and also create a random value of length 21 (for example) and store to with
your
on 14/9/2000 7:53 PM, JustinMacCarthy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What you need to do is create two numbers which when used together give you
a unique / secure value.
Surely that is what CreateUUID() does? Or have I missed something?
Rob Keniger
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Subject: Re: Cryotic Keys again
on 14/9/2000 7:53 PM, JustinMacCarthy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What you need to do is create two numbers which when used together give
you
a unique / secure value.
Surely that is what
on 14/9/2000 8:26 PM, JustinMacCarthy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is the combination of 2 random values that gives a secure key...
Thanks for the clarification and explanation, that makes perfect sense.
Rob Keniger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Rob Keniger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 14 September 2000 7:32:PM
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Subject: Re: Cryotic Keys again
on 14/9/2000 7:53 PM, JustinMacCarthy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What you need to do is create two numbers which when used together give
you
a unique / secure
It looks like the list had some dramas yesterday. I don't think this message
I sent yesterday got through.
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You know how sometimes when you subscribe to something or update something
on the net you get an email message back with some cryptic key or
verification code in it
on 2000-09-14 11:47 AM, Parker, Kevin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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They seem to be generated randomly from something, maybe some extrapolation
of ASCII values or something. Does anyone know how this type of thing is
done (with a CF slant of course).
Take a looksee at CF_Hash (or something like that). It's basically some kind of
encryption of a value. A nice extra step for storing passwords in the DB (instead of
plain text).
HTH
Parker, Kevin wrote:
It looks like the list had some dramas yesterday. I don't think this message
I sent
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