encrypting urls

Anon

Hello,

I need some method of encrypting the url that I use in next/previous links to navigate through my message board so that my table field/code structure names are less obvious.

the url contains several name/variable pairs.... ie.

scriptname.php?name1=value1&name2=value2&name3=value3 etc..

If I use base42_encode() to encrypt this information, does anybody know how the this information (name/value combination) can be retrieved by the new script?

Thank you,

Brian

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"If I use base42_encode() to encrypt this information, does anybody know how the this information (name/value combination) can be retrieved by the new script? "

baseXX is not encryption, it is encoding, and anybody can 'decode' it.

the 'smartest' way to 'hide' url data for prev/next buttons is by storing the query in session data, and only send the pagenumbers through the URL.

Q: why are you worried about end-users knowing your field/code structure? The URL only passes parameters, which say absolutely nothing about the itnernal structure of your script/database.

Anon

Hello Vincent,

Thank you again for replying. I'll try the session variable option you suggested.

The encryption side of scripting is new to me so I am just trying to cover all options and hopefully learn something new.

Thanks,

Brian.

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Forget about encryption, it's pointless 99% of the times.

Anon

I totally agree with vincent.

If you need encryption, step back and think "what will happen if I do the same thing without encryption?", and protect from there.

Anon

I used to work for McAfee, supporting (among other things) their encryption software. We used to joke that the only people who use it are in the government, afraid of the government, or pornographers.