Differences between Commercial and Community versions of LiveCode

[prothero at earthlearningsolutions.org]

I’m in LC 9.0.0 and Encryption is discussed, and the code is shown to set a salt. However, the docs say it’s beyond the scope of the docs to explain how to choose a salt. For example, how many characters need to be in a salt. Are any characters permissible? Are all character formats permissible? There is no guidance on what makes an acceptable salt.

Best,
Bill

William Prothero
http://earthlearningsolutions.org

> On Jun 6, 2018, at 2:40 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> The encrypt command in the dictionary has that info. 
> 
> Bob S
> 
> 
>> On Jun 6, 2018, at 14:16 , prothero--- via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I’ve been having questions about aes 256 encryption lately. I encrypt MySQL queries and data ,(in livecode) before sending it to a php script on my remote server. The php version returns a warning message that I am not using a salt, which reduces security. Ok, but I can’t find info about how to create and use salts. What are the parameters needed to make a salt, and do I have to do anything to my decode script in php to make it recognize the salt? 
>> 
>> It would be wonderful if there was a sample code for this.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Bill
>> 
>> William Prothero
>> http://earthlearningsolutions.org
> 
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