Chip,

        There used to be a product called the Host Security System (HSS/3000) that
did this through a "Sec_Encr" intrinsic call.  It was DES based for file
encryption/decryption, file signing/authenticating, and single sign-on user
authentication, via a hand held token.  It was even NIST Certified.  I don't
believe there are any current products that will do this.

Thanx,
  Jonathan (Jon) M. Backus, MPE-CSM ~ President
  Tech Group ~ 15 Catawba Place ~ Hagerstown, MD ~ 21742-6515
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-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Chip Dorman
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 10:13 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Character Field Encryption


Hi y'all,

Are there any libraries available for the 3k, which will
allow us to "encrypt/decrypt" a single field in an Image
database?

I will soon have to store sensitive data on my production
3k and prefer not to have a particular character string
understandable via third party packages such as Quiz or Query.
At the same time, the data will need to be available
programmatically via 3rd generation languages calling
external routines in a protected library.

I think that some sort of reasonably sophisticated jumbling
would be sufficient rather than having to go with full-blown
encryption.  My thinking leans more towards keeping honest
people honest.

Any ideas or suggestions as to a technique or algorithm?

TIA,
Chip Dorman
Kennametal, Inc.

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