Re: encrypt storage

2015-02-06 Thread Bob Sneidar
I didn’t take it as overreactive. But I have always felt that security measures should be tempered with the value (or if you like vulnerability) of what is being secured. You wouldn’t want to institute Fort Knox for example to protect your piggy bank. Neither would you necessarily need bit level

Re: encrypt storage

2015-02-06 Thread Peter Haworth
On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Security is one of those funny areas in life where the more I learn the > more I feel I don't really know much at all, or at least not as much as the > 160+ IQ hacker whose botnet is trying to break into my systems. The Anthem IT folks pr

Re: encrypt storage

2015-02-06 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Wieder wrote: > Richard- > > Thursday, February 5, 2015, 9:38:56 AM, you wrote: > >> (as Mark Wieder is probably typing a reply to this as I'm writing >> ) > > Was I wrong? :) Even just in principle? After all, both you and Kyle are partially to blame for my paranoia: with all that I've

Re: encrypt storage

2015-02-05 Thread Mark Wieder
Richard- Thursday, February 5, 2015, 9:38:56 AM, you wrote: > (as Mark Wieder is probably typing a reply to this as I'm writing > ) -- -Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by the National Security Agency (NSA) in secret. The parties to

Re: encrypt storage

2015-02-05 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bob Sneidar wrote: > I am not using a web server for this, I am communicating directly > with the SQL server. I understand that most people regard this as > a major no-no, but the information being stored is not confidential, > just names and addresses along with copier and network information.

Re: encrypt storage

2015-02-05 Thread Jim Lambert
> Richard wrote: > > PS: Annoyance report: If I run that script above as a single line in > the Message Box, a la: > > get binaryDecode("h*", sha1digest(tSomeString), tHex); put tHex > > ...the Message Box shows "true", but when I run it in a button it shows > the expected hex string. > >

Re: encrypt storage

2015-02-05 Thread Bob Sneidar
I am not using a web server for this, I am communicating directly with the SQL server. I understand that most people regard this as a major no-no, but the information being stored is not confidential, just names and addresses along with copier and network information. At some point I intend to s

Re: encrypt storage

2015-02-05 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bob Sneidar wrote: > No I am encrypting the password using the encrypt command before > storing it in mySQL. Does the system handle authentication, or is it just storing the password for some other system? If the password will be decrypted on the server (as Mark Wieder is probably typing a r

Re: encrypt storage

2015-02-05 Thread Bob Sneidar
No I am encrypting the password using the encrypt command before storing it in mySQL. encrypt thePassword using aes128 with thePassKey put it into thePassword get empty Works fine on a LAN, but not sure what would happen if I passed this through a 20 year old router. Bob S > On Feb 5, 2015

Re: encrypt storage

2015-02-05 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bob Sneidar wrote: > The issue is whether or not the aes128 hash can pass unmolested > over the internet. I suppose I could just binary encode/decode > it for good measure. Most hashes return binary values directly, but it's common to convert them to hex for general storage and transport, e.g.:

Re: encrypt storage

2015-02-05 Thread Bob Sneidar
It’s a simple password entered in the ask password dialog. The issue is whether or not the aes128 hash can pass unmolested over the internet. I suppose I could just binary encode/decode it for good measure. Bob S > On Feb 4, 2015, at 18:29 , kee nethery wrote: > > Need more details. > > Wh

Re: encrypt storage

2015-02-04 Thread Mark Wieder
Bob- Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 1:40:15 PM, you wrote: > ...an SQL server that I will access through the Internet? Hint... don't do that. -- -Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by the National Security Agency (NSA) in secret. The par

Re: encrypt storage

2015-02-04 Thread kee nethery
Need more details. What are you encrypting? What is the hash of? Need some idea of what you are attempting to do to answer your question. Kee Nethery > On Feb 4, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > Hi all. > > I’m using encrypt/decrypt with aes128 cipher. Am I going to need to encode