Re: Generating session keys in RPG using HASH values

Well, I don't want to give too much away on this open forum but the session
key is used to chain back to a database file to get to the "real" data which
then runs the apps.  Using a long alpha-numeric, provided I can truly
generate a random set of characters each time, does reduce the chance of a
session key being generated by a brute force method.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@taylorcorp.com>
To: "'Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries'" <web400@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 2:05 PM
Subject: RE: [WEB400] Generating session keys in RPG using HASH values


> I am in the same boat as Bryan, I wouldn't want to take the chance of
having
> the same session id come up.  I would just create a control file and
> increment a number with an RPG ILE interface.
>
> Do you need it to be alpha-numeric?
>
> Aaron Bartell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Yates [mailto:byates@co.collin.tx.us]
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:43 PM
> To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: RE: [WEB400] Generating session keys in RPG using HASH values
>
>
> If you want something guarantied to be unique everytime, why not use the
> UUID api's which will give you a 128bit unique hex value?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Skvarenina [mailto:mskvarenina@usa.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 11:00 AM
> To: WEB400@midrange.com
> Subject: [WEB400] Generating session keys in RPG using HASH values
>
>
> I need to generate a pseudo-random character string to be used as a
session
> key in my browser applications.  Has anyone used a hashing method in RPG
to
> generate a pseudo-random number and if so, could you please post it.
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