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Worst security bug/feature you've seen?
Week 25 Group Rant
benhongh
7y

Base64 "encryption"

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  • 5
    7y
    Its only funny until you inherit a system where base64 "encryption" is used to protect sensitive data.
  • 6
    7y
    100% foolproof as long as everyone who will see it are 100% fools.
  • 2
    7y
    @ItsNotMyFault in this case it's there in place of https.
  • 1
    7y
    Its good if you want to save html in db though
  • 0
    7y
    @deadpool88 how? Most rdbms offers binary blob support.
  • 1
    7y
    Had to explain to my boss that b64 is reversible when he saw me pass b64(un:pwd) in a Basic auth header due to no ouath support.

    "But you are encrypting it, what will you do with it now?!"

    I quit 3 weeks ago :)
  • 1
    7y
    It actually is not an encryption. It is an encoding to display bytes as strings.
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