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Subject: Re: FLASH: ENCRYPTION and Flash 4
From: Samir Thaker
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 18:37:38 +0100

hmm...that is a good idea, and we may have to go with that...
but, to be honest, that still isn't very secure. even if i added all sorts
of nonsense (including other numeric strings), someone interested in
screwing things up would still know their point value (it's diplsayed in the
game) and could find where in my nonsense string that value is present,
change that vlaue and then...i'm back where i started.
i'm terrible at all scripting/programming but would anyone good at that kind
of thing be able to maybe write an encryption algorithm in actionscript that
could be used by flash internally to encrypt things? or is too difficult to
do that well?

p.s.- if you do happen to write one, or can point me to one already on the
internet, could you please contact me directly (rather than posting it to
the list) so the algorithm isn't just sitting out here forever for all to
see

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Lathwood" <neilatukfastnet [dot] co [dot] uk>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: FLASH: ENCRYPTION and Flash 4


> Why not use something less obvious in the url such as
http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/script.pl?sessionid=001234aeiou then get
> your script to chop of the aeiou so that you then have the users score?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Samir Thaker <samiratriotbox [dot] com>
> To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: FLASH: ENCRYPTION and Flash 4
>
>
> if i do that, wouldn't the score= line still be sitting there at the end
of
> the url on the users machine? the key here is that i need to stop users
from
> submitting false point values (that is, editing the score= line and
changing
> it to 9999999999999 or something like that when they only really recieved
> 100 points). it's not really important for the data to be secure on its
way
> to the server over the internet, but i need a way to encrypt it before it
> leaves the swf file.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Damien Morton" <mortonatdennisinter [dot] com>
> To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 11:46 AM
> Subject: RE: FLASH: ENCRYPTION and Flash 4
>
>
> > Why dont you submit your POST data to a https:// URL, thus using SSL
> > encryption. You will need to trick up your server to accomodate this,
but,
> > otherwise its no problem.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owneratchinwag [dot] com [owneratchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:owneratchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Samir
> > > Thaker
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 5:16 PM
> > > To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> > > Subject: FLASH: ENCRYPTION and Flash 4
> > >
> > >
> > > are there any ways to encrypt data strings withing Flash 4? I've
created
> a
> > > game and need to pass the 'score' variable to my server in such a way
> that
> > > it cannot be edited by a user. i can't, for example, have the line
> > > &score=100 sitting at the end of an URL that i've specified using
> > > the 'POST'
> > > command. are there any plugins that can do encryption within flash?
any
> > > scripts? native support? i'd be using ASP as the database/backend if
> that
> > > matters.
> > >
> > > Samir Thaker
> > >
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> July 24-26, 2000, NEW YORK CITY, Hammerstein Ballroom
> www.flashforward2000.com
> Produced by United Digital Artists and lynda.com
> Sponsored by Macromedia, Adobe Systems, Fusion, Inc, AtomFilms,
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July 24-26, 2000, NEW YORK CITY, Hammerstein Ballroom
www.flashforward2000.com
Produced by United Digital Artists and lynda.com
Sponsored by Macromedia, Adobe Systems, Fusion, Inc, AtomFilms,
shockwave.com and Electric Rain.
1.877.4.FLASH.4 or (1.805.640.6679 outside the US and Canada)
Register before June 30 and save $200!!-- www.flashforward2000.com
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Replies
  RE: FLASH: ENCRYPTION and Flash 4, Damien Morton
  Re: FLASH: ENCRYPTION and Flash 4, Samir Thaker
  Re: FLASH: ENCRYPTION and Flash 4, Neil Lathwood

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