Re: [Gambas-user] A couple of ?s about encryption

2017-08-13 Thread mikeB
Thansk to all that responded to my query - think I can get on the right path now. mikeB On 08/13/2017 02:36 PM, Tony Morehen wrote: Don't use .hidden. There is nothing secure about and its only used by the development/installation environments. Hidden directories in general do nothing for

Re: [Gambas-user] A couple of ?s about encryption

2017-08-13 Thread Tony Morehen
Don't use .hidden. There is nothing secure about and its only used by the development/installation environments. Hidden directories in general do nothing for security. Don't worry about open source/GNU. All encryption programs use the same well known algorithms. It's passwords that guarant

Re: [Gambas-user] A couple of ?s about encryption

2017-08-13 Thread Tobias Boege
On Sun, 13 Aug 2017, mikeB wrote: > eGreeetings, > I am starting a project that involves encryption of passwords and user names > - storing and recalling them. > > 1st ? = i noticed Gambas can save and recall files from a ".hidden" > directory. If the files are encrypted before > saving to a hidde

Re: [Gambas-user] A couple of ?s about encryption

2017-08-13 Thread mikeB
eGreeetings, I am starting a project that involves encryption of passwords and user names - storing and recalling them. 1st ? = i noticed Gambas can save and recall files from a ".hidden" directory. If the files are encrypted before saving to a hidden dir - how secure is this? In other words