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sheva77
PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 9:13 pm 
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Somebody please clarify this to me, is the "base64_encode" function considered an encryption method according to the JED ?

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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 1:10 am 
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Base64 encoding is just that - Encoding. Not Encryption, which is usually done with a private key that locks others out. Which Base64 encoding certainly does not.

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Max,
Joomla itself utilizes this amongst others in ../libraries/joomla/user/helper.php so the JED would never be able to consider an extension that uses "base64_encode" function at fault.
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         case 'smd5':
            $encrypted = base64_encode(mhash(MHASH_MD5, $plaintext . $salt) . $salt);
            return ($show_encrypt) ? '{SMD5}' . $encrypted : $encrypted;

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in most cases, its how you base64 thats the issue.

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mandville wrote:
in most cases, its how you base64 thats the issue.
Means what for JED? Any rules set for encoding besides the one that forbids encryption (where can I read)?

Leo

edit: Found on the Net a good clarification between the 2-of them:

Encoding is changing the way data is presented
- using a public, generally-understood, and (usually) low-overhead method
- for the purpose of allowing the data to survive intact and easily recoverable after some sort of transfer.

Encryption is changing the way data is presented
- using a method or a key that is restricted and (as it happens) often computationally intensive
- for the purpose of shielding the data from some people while making it available to others.

In short, encoding is for preservation, encryption is for obfuscation.

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You were right guys, after doing some research, it looks like Base64 encoding is fine in most cases, and according to the page below, it should be fine to use inside the extension files:

http://docs.joomla.org/JED_Entries_License_Checklist

However, my extension is still unpublished for some unknown reasons and I don't get any responses to tickets or emails for about 3 weeks.

Anybody has any ideas who can I contact regarding this issue now ? I just feel like there is something wrong with this matter some where.

Many other extensions have been republished in the same period.

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