Sorry, I meant to infer that you should use both SSL and Encryption. -d
On Feb 1, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Paul Frazee wrote: > 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 <dw...@udfi.biz> 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 <pfra...@gmail.com> 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 symfony-us...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> symfony-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 symfony-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > symfony-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en. > ..oO David Wang Oo.. ..oO blog - http://www.udfi.biz ..oO JennieBot! - http://www.jenniebot.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" group. To post to this group, send email to symfony-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to symfony-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en.
