Hey, I'm looking for an alternative way to encrypt data, a free way rather than to pay for an ssl certificate.
The case is as follows: there are two servers, one local on the office which contains a database, and another public web server which needs to synchronize data with the local server. Using ssl I could use json or post forms from the local server to the web server so the data will be encrypted. I thought of another method however, with php I could use mycrypt with a secret key known by both servers. Probably this isn't as secure as ssl, but in this case I'd rather not pay for the encryption rather than having a very secure one. Another thought would be to just use ssl without a valid certificate... Well, I wonder how you would do this in web2py, if you in any case would recommend the encryption method I suggested. Thanks! - Robin --
