to encrypt, or not to encrypt...
[1/2] from: balayo:mindspring at: 4-Sep-2000 10:46
howdy list,
There have been several posts on encryption lately. I'd
like to be able to encrypt a local password file to call on
when constructing ftp urls. I don't want to hard-code them
into scripts, and I'm already tired of
;pass: ask/hide "password? "
I also don't like to have my passwords floating around my drive
in plain text.
How do you guys handle this?
thanks
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Eat more spinach.
-tom
[2/2] from: ryanc:iesco-dms at: 5-Sep-2000 11:31
With REBOL you wont be too successful hiding this from a REBOL
programmer, because of course a properly placed probe would easily
reveal it no matter how much encryption you threw at it.
So basically all you can do is keep it from being non-programmer
readable in a file. The easiest way to this is with to-binary:
>> password: "password"
== "password"
>> to-binary password
== #{70617373776F7264}
This is a little too obvious to me though, maybe compress:
>> compress password
== #{789C2B482C2E2ECF2F4A01000F91037408000000}
Or lastly if your space conscious:
>> forall password [change password to-char xor 85 first password]
== false
>> head password
== {%4&&":'1}
--Ryan
[balayo--mindspring--com] wrote:
> howdy list,
> There have been several posts on encryption lately. I'd
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> Eat more spinach.
> -tom
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