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Top Forums Web Development Storing Passwords Post 302928984 by Corona688 on Tuesday 16th of December 2014 04:57:08 PM
Old 12-16-2014
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Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
Regarding keys -- When not in use (ie standing somewhere) the half-keys should be encrypted - both on the user side and the system side. Otherwise they are sitting ducks.
How does one avoid the rube goldberg problem, though? That being, extra encryption/decryption steps where the server knows its own key gains nothing but extra heat and wasted time.
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Whenever someone cracks your code for the key encryption algorithm, then they win. Period.
How so? Knowing the algorithm won't get them the keys.
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Unless forward perfect secrecy is mandated take a value-based approach.
I'm not storing financial information, it's more of an admin tool.
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If somebody can reverse engineer code, or get your source easily, then most things you can do are pointless.
Again, how? Knowing the algorithm does not hand them the keys -- it tells them what they need to steal, but does not give them access.
 

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page_util_quote(3tcl)					      Parser generator tools					     page_util_quote(3tcl)

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NAME
page_util_quote - page character quoting utilities SYNOPSIS
package require page::util::quote ?0.1? package require snit ::page::util::quote::unquote char ::page::util::quote::quote'tcl char ::page::util::quote::quote'tclstr char ::page::util::quote::quote'tclcom char _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
This package provides a few utility commands to convert characters into various forms. API
::page::util::quote::unquote char A character, as stored in an abstract syntax tree by a PEG processor (See the packages grammar::peg::interpreter, grammar::me, and their relations), i.e. in some quoted form, is converted into the equivalent Tcl character. The character is returned as the result of the command. ::page::util::quote::quote'tcl char This command takes a Tcl character (internal representation) and converts it into a string which is accepted by the Tcl parser, will regenerate the character in question and is 7bit ASCII. The string is returned as the result of this command. ::page::util::quote::quote'tclstr char This command takes a Tcl character (internal representation) and converts it into a string which is accepted by the Tcl parser and will generate a human readable representation of the character in question. The string is returned as the result of this command. The string does not use any unprintable characters. It may use backslash-quoting. High UTF characters are quoted to avoid problems with the still prevalent ascii terminals. It is assumed that the string will be used in a double-quoted environment. ::page::util::quote::quote'tclcom char This command takes a Tcl character (internal representation) and converts it into a string which is accepted by the Tcl parser when used within a Tcl comment. The string is returned as the result of this command. BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK This document, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category page of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have. KEYWORDS
page, parser generator, quoting, text processing CATEGORY
Page Parser Generator COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2007 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net> page 1.0 page_util_quote(3tcl)
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