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Posted by Richard Lynch on 03/03/05 22:12
Erbacher Karl wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is even a PHP question, but I'm hoping someone can
> help
> me. I need to encipher data to be stored in a database and then I need to
> be
> able to decipher it to use it. I was thinking of using DES and I obtained
> a
> pair of keys, but I'm not sure where to go from there. I've scoured the
> internet for help, but I just can't figure out which is the best way to do
> what I need to do. If someone could please point me in the right
> direction
> I'd really appreciate it. Once data is sent in a form, how do I encipher
> it
> before saving it in the database and then how do I decipher it to be used
> later on?
> Also, not to sound helpless, but I'm pretty new to PHP and I don't quite
> have a handle on the jargon, so if it could be explained as simply as
> possible that would be helpful.
http://php.net/mhash might have what you need...
Not sure it supports DES though.
Where/how are you going to store/transmit/use the private half of the
key-pair?...
Seems like an awful lot of work to encrypt all this if your private key
isn't going to be super-protected...
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