A salt is simply a string you use to "seed" the hash to make it more difficult to decrypt using rainbow tables or brute force. The decrypting end must also know your salt string to decrypt it.
Bob S > On Jun 6, 2018, at 14:16 , prothero--- via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I’ve been having questions about aes 256 encryption lately. I encrypt MySQL > queries and data ,(in livecode) before sending it to a php script on my > remote server. The php version returns a warning message that I am not using > a salt, which reduces security. Ok, but I can’t find info about how to create > and use salts. What are the parameters needed to make a salt, and do I have > to do anything to my decode script in php to make it recognize the salt? > > It would be wonderful if there was a sample code for this. > > Best, > Bill > > William Prothero > http://earthlearningsolutions.org _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
