A Guide to Cryptography in PHP | Linux Today

A Guide to Cryptography in PHP

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 6, 2008

“In an ideal world, words like cryptography and security
wouldn’t even exist, but the real world is far from perfect, so
software developers have to spend a good deal of time building
security into applications. Cryptography is just one piece of the
security puzzle, along with SSL/TLS, certificates, digital
signatures, and so on. This article explains how to use PHP to
implement the most common cryptographic algorithms. In addition to
describing PHP’s default encryption functions, you’ll see how to
use a wide variety of cryptographic libraries and packages…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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