>* Kurt Seifried wrote on Thu, May 23, 2002 at 14:05 -0600: >> One possible solution, assuming you need to write the data but not read it >> until later is to encrypt it, generate a public/private keypair using >> pgp/gnupg, load the public key onto the server with your app, have it write >> the files after encrypting the data. Thus you can retrieve the data (ftp, >> www, whatever) and then decrypt it at your leisure and use it. >I don't think that this makes things secure. If the web server >runs as nobody, the CGI script must be executable for nobody. The No. "assuming you need to write the data but not read it". Followed by "Thus you can retrieve the data (ftp, www, whatever) and then decrypt it at your leisure and use it.". Kurt Seifried, kurtat_private A15B BEE5 B391 B9AD B0EF AEB0 AD63 0B4E AD56 E574 http://seifried.org/security/ http://www.iDefense.com/
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