Comments on: Automatic DB Field Encryption in CakePHP http://www.utoxin.name/2009/07/automatic-db-field-encryption-in-cakephp/ Random ramblings from the depths of my mind... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:18:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 <img class='wavatar' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=8c6b596d3af49b2858bd265f572b3a44.jpg&r=PG&s=40&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.utoxin.name%2Fwp-content%2Fcache%2Fwavatars%2F8c6b596d3af49b285.png' width='40' height='40' alt='Wavatar' />By: Utoxin http://www.utoxin.name/2009/07/automatic-db-field-encryption-in-cakephp/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Wavatar Utoxin Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:24:13 +0000 http://www.utoxin.name/?p=75#comment-152 This is the basic idea for creating the IV. <pre lang="php"> echo base64_encode(mcrypt_create_iv(mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_cipher, MCRYPT_MODE_mode))); </pre> This is the basic idea for creating the IV.

echo base64_encode(mcrypt_create_iv(mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_cipher, MCRYPT_MODE_mode)));
]]> <img class='wavatar' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=c901002fd1c9ba4c58b0223c2f42e952.jpg&r=PG&s=40&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.utoxin.name%2Fwp-content%2Fcache%2Fwavatars%2Fc901002fd1c9ba4c5.png' width='40' height='40' alt='Wavatar' />By: Will http://www.utoxin.name/2009/07/automatic-db-field-encryption-in-cakephp/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Wavatar Will Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:07:03 +0000 http://www.utoxin.name/?p=75#comment-151 Could you elaborate a bit more on creating the IV please? I bet it's dead obvious, but i'm not sure how to create that. Thanks Will Could you elaborate a bit more on creating the IV please? I bet it’s dead obvious, but i’m not sure how to create that.

Thanks

Will

]]> <img class='wavatar' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=0cda3c84f292fd544c23733c62188de5.jpg&r=PG&s=40&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.utoxin.name%2Fwp-content%2Fcache%2Fwavatars%2F0cda3c84f292fd544.png' width='40' height='40' alt='Wavatar' />By: Julien http://www.utoxin.name/2009/07/automatic-db-field-encryption-in-cakephp/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Wavatar Julien Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:14:24 +0000 http://www.utoxin.name/?p=75#comment-148 Great behaviour, a part from being useful, it's very nice to see people that know how to use cake! Great behaviour, a part from being useful, it’s very nice to see people that know how to use cake!

]]> <img class='wavatar' src='wp-content/cache/wavatars/blank.png' width='40' height='40' alt='Wavatar' />By: CakePHP Digest #19 – The Holy Shit Do I Have A Ton Of Links Edition | PseudoCoder.com http://www.utoxin.name/2009/07/automatic-db-field-encryption-in-cakephp/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Wavatar CakePHP Digest #19 – The Holy Shit Do I Have A Ton Of Links Edition | PseudoCoder.com Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:38:57 +0000 http://www.utoxin.name/?p=75#comment-134 [...] From @utoxin: a behavior to automatically encrypt and decrypt a DB field. [...] [...] From @utoxin: a behavior to automatically encrypt and decrypt a DB field. [...]

]]> <img class='wavatar' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=8c6b596d3af49b2858bd265f572b3a44.jpg&r=PG&s=40&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.utoxin.name%2Fwp-content%2Fcache%2Fwavatars%2F8c6b596d3af49b285.png' width='40' height='40' alt='Wavatar' />By: Utoxin http://www.utoxin.name/2009/07/automatic-db-field-encryption-in-cakephp/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Wavatar Utoxin Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:35:22 +0000 http://www.utoxin.name/?p=75#comment-124 Also, I just went and looked at the source code for Security::cipher. I'm not confident that it is cryptographically secure. It's probably secure against a casual attack, but it doesn't look very robust. Also, I just went and looked at the source code for Security::cipher. I’m not confident that it is cryptographically secure. It’s probably secure against a casual attack, but it doesn’t look very robust.

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