Re: Cryptography problem

From: Gerard Bok (bok118_at_zonnet.nl)
Date: 06/23/04


Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:34:09 GMT

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:32:58 GMT, "Dean Hallman"
<deanh@sc.rr.com> wrote:

>Basically, I have a web server that can process search strings, and clients
>that submit search strings.
>
>However, the client software must be *my* software (rich clients). I don't
>want imposters, masquerading as my software and sending search packets the
>server can't distinguish from my own

Maybe tickets solve your problem ?

You ship each of your rich clients with a unique ticket.
Each request validates the ticket, supplies an answer, and a new
ticket, to be used for the clients next request.
You could even use the ticket as an encryption key to part of the
message.

-- 
Kind regards,
Gerard Bok


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