Re: Encryption: Simplest method to encrypt a SQLite DB file...? {iPhone}

2009-01-23 Thread Michael Ash
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM, wrote: > Environment: iPhone > > I'm particularly concerned with 'data viewing'. > Think of the data as answers to a quiz. I worry that some > hacker could copy & distribute the data (rules) on the internet, and in > essence, > cheat the game. > > Being that

Re: Encryption: Simplest method to encrypt a SQLite DB file...? {iPhone}

2009-01-23 Thread Scott Ribe
> Also consider the iPhone backup with iTunes onto the Mac. Not sure how > difficult those archives are to crack, or whether any attempt has even > been made to prevent it. Not difficult at all. There are utilities to do this, to allow users to extract files and email them to devs for debug purpos

Re: Encryption: Simplest method to encrypt a SQLite DB file...? {iPhone}

2009-01-23 Thread Keary Suska
On Jan 23, 2009, at 9:41 AM, fc...@dialup4less.com wrote: Environment: iPhone I'm particularly concerned with 'data viewing'. Think of the data as answers to a quiz. I worry that some hacker could copy & distribute the data (rules) on the internet, and in essence, cheat the game. Being

Re: Encryption: Simplest method to encrypt a SQLite DB file...? {iPhone}

2009-01-23 Thread Jean-Daniel Dupas
Le 23 janv. 09 à 17:41, fc...@dialup4less.com a écrit : Environment: iPhone I'm particularly concerned with 'data viewing'. Think of the data as answers to a quiz. I worry that some hacker could copy & distribute the data (rules) on the internet, and in essence, cheat the game. Being th

Re: Encryption: Simplest method to encrypt a SQLite DB file...?

2009-01-23 Thread Dave
Hi, Why not just en/de-crpyt the data as it is written/read to/from the database? All the Best Dave On 23 Jan 2009, at 16:46, fc...@dialup4less.com wrote: This is within an iPhone environment, where the entire game & logic rules are stored within the application bundle. We're using SQL

Re: Encryption: Simplest method to encrypt a SQLite DB file...?

2009-01-23 Thread fclee
This is within an iPhone environment, where the entire game & logic rules are stored within the application bundle. We're using SQLite as the preferred storage 'bin'. But I don't want hackers peek inside and spoil the game. I figured that I could encode the SQLite DB file via my MacBook Pro lapt

Re: Encryption: Simplest method to encrypt a SQLite DB file...? {iPhone}

2009-01-23 Thread fclee
Environment: iPhone I'm particularly concerned with 'data viewing'. Think of the data as answers to a quiz. I worry that some hacker could copy & distribute the data (rules) on the internet, and in essence, cheat the game. Being that "... iPhone is far more restrictive towards tampering...", I

Re: Encryption: Simplest method to encrypt a SQLite DB file...?

2009-01-23 Thread Michael Ash
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:10 AM, wrote: > I would like to: > 1) Encrypt/Encode a SQLite DB file from the command line (or via an > application) and > 2) De-Encrypt/Decode the same SQLite DB from within Cocoa/iPhone via a key of > some sort. > > Scenario: > I'm developing a game using data va

Re: Encryption: Simplest method to encrypt a SQLite DB file...?

2009-01-23 Thread Glenn L. Austin
On Jan 23, 2009, at 7:10 AM, fc...@dialup4less.com wrote: I would like to: 1) Encrypt/Encode a SQLite DB file from the command line (or via an application) and 2) De-Encrypt/Decode the same SQLite DB from within Cocoa/iPhone via a key of some sort. Scenario: I'm developing a game using d

Re: Encryption: Simplest method to encrypt a SQLite DB file...?

2009-01-23 Thread Jean-Daniel Dupas
Le 23 janv. 09 à 16:10, fc...@dialup4less.com a écrit : I would like to: 1) Encrypt/Encode a SQLite DB file from the command line (or via an application) and 2) De-Encrypt/Decode the same SQLite DB from within Cocoa/iPhone via a key of some sort. Scenario: I'm developing a game using da

Encryption: Simplest method to encrypt a SQLite DB file...?

2009-01-23 Thread fclee
I would like to: 1) Encrypt/Encode a SQLite DB file from the command line (or via an application) and 2) De-Encrypt/Decode the same SQLite DB from within Cocoa/iPhone via a key of some sort. Scenario: I'm developing a game using data values stored within a SQLite DB file. I don't want hack