secure comm between app and server

[Phil Davis]

I dunno. I think I would still want to send the data through the SSL tunnel that 
HTTPS uses, or something like it. The data will contain commands that make 
things happen from remote locations.

I'm just now reading a Wikipedia article about HTTPS - good stuff!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Https

Phil


On 3/16/11 9:59 PM, Paul Looney wrote:
> Phil,
> Would it suffice to encrypt the data?
> Paul Looney
>
> On Mar 16, 2011, at 9:51 PM, Phil Davis wrote:
>
>> I want to make the communication secure between my desktop app (and later a 
>> mobile app) and a LC CGI script on my server. I have HTTPS turned on and 
>> certificate in place, but don't know how much of that is needed. How do I do 
>> it? I have no clue.
>>
>> If it's easier to do it with revServer (aka "irev") code, I'm open. I just 
>> want to keep it in LC if possible.
>>
>> Many thanks -
>> -- 
>> Phil Davis
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