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Old 12-06-2003
nigel
 
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Default Re: encrypting data in PHP and then display it unencrypted back to the browser

The idea is that it would be decrypted on a VPN. Data would be collected
over the internet using SSL and stored. Over a secure link we would retrive
that data, the decryption would only happen from one IP address.


"DM" <DONT-SPAM-MEdanmessenga@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> What is the point in encrypting data if it can be decrypted ?
>
> "nigel" <nigel@nigel.com> wrote in message
> news:bqs28e$88h$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...
> > I want to store some information in mySQL and want to encrypt it so that

> it
> > isnt easily read by anyone else. But then I want to be able to deencrypt

> it
> > when it is displayed in a browser over a secure link. Any ideas how to
> > achive this as most encryption that we have looked at is like md5 which

is
> > one way.
> >
> > Nigel
> >
> >

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