fwPack/fwUnpack in php?

[Frank Leahy]

> Frank Leahy wrote:
>
>> I'm successfully using fwPack and fwUnpack to store passwords in a
>> preferences file -- thank you Richard!
>>
>> Has anyone ported this code to php by chance?  I was about to do it, 
>> but
>> figured if it had already been done I'd save a 1/2 a day.
>
> The "MDX" algorithm used in fwPack/fwUnpack is not very secure compared
> to powerhouses like Blowfish.  I don't work with PHP often, but I
> suspect there are hooks to stronger methods available.
>

Richard,

We're not talking about spy stuff here, I'm just trying to encrypt some 
ftp passwords and fwPack is more than good enough.  I need something 
cross-platform because I encode the passwords using RunRev, then decode 
the encrypted passwords using php on my server.

Thanks,
-- Frank