Re: FLASH: encryption in flash and director

[Wayne Pennell \( Web Master \)]

Send the Variable declaration not a value.

score.asp?=X


Then evaluate server side.


Wayne Pennell

----- Original Message -----

From: "Samir Thaker" <

samirriotbox [dot] com

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To: <

flasherchinwag [dot] com

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Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 1:07 PM

Subject: FLASH: encryption in flash and director



> I've got a game I've created in flash and I need to pass the 'score'

> variable from the game, to a server, once the user has finished playing

the

> game. this needs to be done in such a way that the user cannot send fake

> score values to the server (for example, attaching it to the end of a URL

> where it could be seen/edited would not work). I can't seem to find any

way

> of implementing decent encryption within Flash (so that when the variable

is

> passed to the server it is encrypted and cannot be seen/edited by the

> user)...but thought that maybe director could do this. if I embedded my

> flash game within a director movie (making it shockwave, I guess) is there

a

> way (an Xtra, or something?) to do what I'm trying to do? any other ideas?

> how, for example, do sites like win.com deal with this with their games?

>

> -Samir Thaker

>

>

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