This is over public networks. I did get the encryption to work, but I'm curious why you recommend not using SSL in this case?
On Feb 1, 1:09 pm, David Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > i would recommend your first option which is going over ssl. > > if this is all within the same network, then SSL will be enough to keep > prying eyes out. > > if its over public networks, then would probably suggest trying to figure out > what is going wrong with the encrypt/decrypt function you are using (base64 > suggestion below). > > -d > > ..oO David Wang Oo.. > ..oO blog -http://www.udfi.biz > ..oO JennieBot! -http://www.jenniebot.com > > On Feb 1, 2010, at 12:59 PM, pghoratiu wrote: > > > If you have problems with data transmission I suggest you try out one > > of the following functions: > >http://php.net/manual/en/function.convert-uuencode.php > >http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.base64-encode.php > > to convert the binary string into something that can be safely > > transfered over the network. > > > Best regards, > > > gabriel > > > On Feb 1, 6:50 pm, Paul Frazee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Heyo. This is a repost from the forums; I'm in need of some sage > >> advice here. Read on: > > >> The company keeps two databases - the master, which holds sensitive > >> data, and the slave, which replicates only the insensitive data. This > >> is actually pretty easy in MySQL, you should check it out. > > >> Anywho, every so often, the website, which typically uses the public > >> slave database, needs to modify data on the private master database. > >> (AKA the user changes his profile or buys something.) No problem, I > >> just need to create a secure (and mostly one-way) webservice that > >> accepts the data from the website. > > >> The trick is that I need to send this data from the controller, and I > >> need to encrypt the data. My first solution was to create a POST > >> request using the sfWebBrowser plugin, which then gets an XML > >> response. Yaba-daba-doo, that works. > > >> Then I decide to encrypt. I mycrpt and send and... can't seem to get > >> the data or initialization vector to arrive. Why-oh-why? My best guess > >> is that encrypted data doesn't play nicely with POST validation. The > >> data is probably out of typical character range. > > >> So at this juncture I decide to stop and ask, is my path righteous? Is > >> there an algorithm which will play nicely with POST, or should I use > >> cURL to create an SSL connection, or is a POST request completely off- > >> base? > > >> Has anybody had similar experience? > > >> Thanks > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "symfony users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en.
