Re: Perl Script

cartercc wrote:
On Jun 19, 1:23 am, Andrew DeFaria <And...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Key management is one headache that I don't have. ;-)
I'd really like to know who you work for - so I can avoid them!
I work for a large public university.
And that university would be....?
'Management' is mostly academic, not business.
Demonstrably false. Universities are business too - period.
I'd like to avoid them as well, but hey, working conditions are great and I get a lot of time off, even though the pay sucks.
Screw the time off - I want money! You'd be amazed how little you care about the other things when you make good money!
As to this entire issue, I don't WANT to be able to decrypt SSNs. I crypt() them into the database and then delete the input file, and I'm happy. If I have to match SSNs (which happens on rare occasions) I just have to match the hash. One of the things on my not-to-do list is maintain keys. Maintaining passwords in the clear is bad enough, but I've CYAed myself in that regard.
Not in my book you're not CYAed...

In any event my point still stands - there are ways to use reversible encryption to at least up the level of security a bit.
--
Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
Since light travels faster than sound, isn't that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak?

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