OpenEdge Encryption

[joaquinca]

Hi everyone,

We recently had this need to implement a 128-bit encryption algorithm to protect user passwords in Progress. We acquired OpenEdge 10, and realized this platform offers some functions for this purpose (Encrypt, Decrypt, GENERATE-PBE-KEY, GENERATE-RANDOM-KEY, etc).

We're interested in taking advantage of this new feature but there is not enough information or examples (YET?) on how to implement them.

Does anybody has some sort of code illustrating the use of Encrypt/Decrypt functions, or any useful link telling how to begin?
(Progress 4GL Reference Help hardly explains the use of them).

Thank you beforehand!

 

[joey.jeremiah]

passwords and data encryption are not necessarily the same. i've written an i/o library with a few routines for data encryption/decryption a while back, that i'll be happy to post.

i've used the 10.0 whitepapers on security, in the whitepapers section @psdn.com, where else for a short job i had to do. the docs were pretty helpful. though, i didn't really have the time to dive into it, that and i also get bored pretty easily.

theres a chapter in the core business services doc in the 10.1a collection, that's the first place i'd look at, theres also a web event @psdn.com. and tons of information on the net, on the subject. hth