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thecubed · 01-09-2006

A clarification to what I mean is like this:

* A PHP script generates a password using some algorhythm that encodes
the time into the password, and an example output would be
something like 7703938 which would be the time encoded with a secret
value.
* then another PHP script decodes the password using the reverse algorhythm
and compares the encoded time with the current time and then allows the
user to see the protected resource.

I guess this falls more under the category of cryptography, because what I really need is an algorhythm to encode the time and a key into a password, and another algorhythm that extracts the encoded time from the password and compares it with the current time and expiration time.
An example of this would be a SecurID card, which generates random PINs based on the time and a secret key.
What I'm looking for is something like that, because I need some kind of time sensitive login application to protect my support network from being abused.

Sorry if none of this makes sense, my head is never not jumbled

Thanks for your time.

01-09-2006	#2 (permalink)
thecubed Yup, that's meee! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Infront of my screen (most of the time) Posts: 89	A clarification to what I mean is like this: * A PHP script generates a password using some algorhythm that encodes the time into the password, and an example output would be something like 7703938 which would be the time encoded with a secret value. * then another PHP script decodes the password using the reverse algorhythm and compares the encoded time with the current time and then allows the user to see the protected resource. I guess this falls more under the category of cryptography, because what I really need is an algorhythm to encode the time and a key into a password, and another algorhythm that extracts the encoded time from the password and compares it with the current time and expiration time. An example of this would be a SecurID card, which generates random PINs based on the time and a secret key. What I'm looking for is something like that, because I need some kind of time sensitive login application to protect my support network from being abused. Sorry if none of this makes sense, my head is never not jumbled Thanks for your time. __________________ www.thecubed.com <--- TheCubed Homepage!