Secure Connection

<i><b>Originally posted by : Mikeb (mikeb@mail.be)</b></i><br /><br /> I was wondering how I could post a password to an .ASP page but encrypt it before sending. If I send it not encrypted, a sniffer can catch it.<br /><br />Please Help<br /><br />Thanks

<i><b>Originally posted by : Danny Carvajal (dcarva@texas.net)</b></i><br />I am not an expert in security, but I may be able to point you in a direction.<br /><br />You can use SSL. (You probably already thought of that! But not sure if that applies to your project.<br /><br />I have encrypted and decrypted text in Visual Basic before. You may be able to encrypt something using VBScript within an ASP page, and decrypt the string when the receiving page gets it. So the sending page will could have an Encrypt function which encrypts the string before it is sent, and the receiving page could have a Decrypt function which decrypts the string it recieved. You would also have to pass a KEY parameter to the Decrypt function. I can send you some encryption routines and you can see if they work in VBScript. They should. However, this method would not be as secure as SSL. (unless you write a really kick-butt encryption routine) Also, using SSL makes you less liable.<br /><br />Hope this helps,<br />Danny<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />------------<br />Mikeb at 1/18/2001 8:38:09 AM<br /><br /><br /> I was wondering how I could post a password to an .ASP page but encrypt it before sending. If I send it not encrypted, a sniffer can catch it.<br /><br />Please Help<br /><br />Thanks