Encrypt Context

[Encrypt seed=abcd]Any Text[/Encrypt]

Encrypts text using a variety of standard methods.

To convert text from plain to encrypted, put it inside an [Encrypt] context.

Example (normally you would put the following text into a .tpl file on your server and use a web browser to link to it):

[Encrypt seed=abcdefg]Some Text that is private[/Encrypt]<br>
[Decrypt seed=abcdefg][Encrypt seed=abcdefg]Some Text that is private[/Encrypt][/Decrypt]

Try It!

In the example above, the first line of displayed text will be unintelligible, as seen below. The second line decrypts the text and displays it as it was before:

;)(*&#$KLJFLKjkhegdlksdfg09814
Some Text that is private

Use [Decrypt] to decode the text. To decrypt a sequence of text, you must set the seed value to exactly the same as when you encrypted it. The seed may be a sequence of up to 8 characters (anything you can type on the keyboard, except '&' or '=' or '[' or ']'). Do not ever let anyone know what the seed value is, because that would allow them to decrypt the text.

This context is most often used to store passwords in a database (such as WebCatalog's own Users.db), so that in the unlikely event that someone is able to download the file, the passwords will be unreadable.

Note: Do not ever forget your passwords or seed values! Even Smith Micro Software cannot decrypt something once it has been encrypted!

You may optionally choose different special-purpose encryption methods as described in the following table:

Parameter Description

method
(New for 3.0)
(Optional) Either "CyberCash" or "Base64". If not specified, then standard WebCatalog encryption is assumed. CyberCash is the triple-DES encryption used to communicate with the CyberCash CashRegister servers. Base64 is the encoding (not safe for encryption) that standard HTML browsers use for Basic Authentication. Do not attempt to encrypt more than 48 bytes using method=Base64.

seed
(Required, except for Base64) Key used to encrypt the text. For CyberCash, this should be the MerchantKey you were assigned when you created a CyberCash merchant account. For standard WebCatalog encryption, this is your secret key for decryption later. CyberCash encryption is one-way; it cannot be decrypted by your server.

Parameter	Description
method (New for 3.0)	(Optional) Either "CyberCash" or "Base64". If not specified, then standard WebCatalog encryption is assumed. CyberCash is the triple-DES encryption used to communicate with the CyberCash CashRegister servers. Base64 is the encoding (not safe for encryption) that standard HTML browsers use for Basic Authentication. Do not attempt to encrypt more than 48 bytes using method=Base64.
seed	(Required, except for Base64) Key used to encrypt the text. For CyberCash, this should be the MerchantKey you were assigned when you created a CyberCash merchant account. For standard WebCatalog encryption, this is your secret key for decryption later. CyberCash encryption is one-way; it cannot be decrypted by your server.