Re: On API keys...

2022-06-27 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Heather Laine wrote: > Tom Glod wrote: >> This is a great best-practice explanation. Perhaps someone can turn >> it into a blog post and put it on the site. > > Yes indeed. See Blog. https://livecode.com/best-practice-for-api-keys-and-security/ Tip: Dropping in-bound links to relevant content

Re: On API keys...

2022-06-27 Thread Heather Laine via use-livecode
Yes indeed. See Blog. Best Regards, Heather Heather Laine Customer Services Manager LiveCode Ltd www.livecode.com > On 25 Jun 2022, at 04:34, Tom Glod via use-livecode > wrote: > > This is a great best-practice explanation. Perhaps someone can turn it into > a blog post and put it on the si

Re: On API keys...

2022-06-24 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
This is a great best-practice explanation. Perhaps someone can turn it into a blog post and put it on the site. Thanks again On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 6:24 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Mr. (Or should I say Doctor) Waddingham! This is a really brilliant

Re: On API keys...

2022-06-24 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Mr. (Or should I say Doctor) Waddingham! This is a really brilliant essay on the risk, benefits and rewards in multiple scenarios concerning the storage of keys. I’ve mentioned before that I came up with the idea of “poisoning” the encrypted data before the data was transmitted. If intercepted i

Re: On API keys...

2022-06-24 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 6/24/22 10:04, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: The only way to use these keys is from server scripts running on a server which you do your best to maintain the security of. Ideally these keys should be stored in files which are only readable by specific users - usually the web-serve

Re: On API keys...

2022-06-24 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Mark, thanks for taking the time to give this in-depth answer. This will come in handy for others as well I am sure. Have a great weekend. Tom On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 1:04 PM Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > So this is mainly aimed at Tom Glod due to

On API keys...

2022-06-24 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
So this is mainly aimed at Tom Glod due to a question he asked in this afternoon's Feature Focus session which I perhaps did not answer particularly well (and given that it is security related, I figured I should expand on what I said). The question was whether putting an API Key as a LiveCode