[REBOL] Re: Secure file upload tool design?
From: rpgwriter:ya:hoo at: 18-Dec-2001 14:08
--- Jason Cunliffe <[jasonic--cunliffe--verizon--net]>
wrote:
> I need to build a secure client-side tool in
> REBOLfor people to upload files
> to a remote server. I would like to use REBOL/View
> so I can offer an easy
> GUI for fiel browsing, selection and transfer. An
> option I see using REBOL
> are:
>
> - insist they buy REBOL/ViewPro and use encryption
> for login+password
> handling and then FTP on a special port for data
> transfer. On the server I
> should at least run /ViewPro or /Command.
>
> Does anyone have improvements to this approach,
> perhaps one which can be
> built using the free REBOL/View or even REBOL/Core?
> Examples/caveats?
You could always implement encryption yourself and
send the files between REBOL client program to
REBOL server using a custom protocol. There are any
number of free sources describing cryptographic
algorithms on the web; the main problem with
implementing them in REBOL may be performance,
since REBOL isn't entirely a speed demon for
math, as I understand it.
Chris Dicely
