opencaching.com Geocaching by the community, for the community italian charms 87744    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Hitchhikers part deux ...          opencaching.com Forum Index -> Issues, decisions, answers View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message hmarq Site Admin Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 351 Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 7:40 pm    Post subject: Hitchhikers part deux ... At least in the current common setting, tbugs require an element of secrecy to work correctly ... the tag number is the 'secret key' to allow a log. No taggie, no loggy ... that's tough to do with an open database regardless of the data's internal representation. Granted you would have to get the xml extract and go out of your way to cheat or be mischevious, but it really isn't that hard .... Thoughts, comments, solutions? .... I'm not sure the problem is solvable myself. Back to top hmarq Site Admin Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 351 Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 7:53 pm    Post subject: The ID itself could be stored hashed I suppose. Anyone wishing to play the tbug game then would need to know to preprocess any lookups through the hash function .... That can certainly be done, but it adds a little obsfunctification to one of the core tables if it's left in the regular cache table Back to top Scout Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Posts: 235 Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 9:43 pm    Post subject: hmarq wrote: The ID itself could be stored hashed I suppose. Bingo. Same thing for people who want to encode a verification question for virtuals (or any caches, for that matter). Have the answer be run through MD5 or somesuch and you can store the answer in an open database. _________________ Scout http://GPSgames.org Back to top redregis Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 2 Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 8:49 am    Post subject: Hi ! What do you want to do ? Do you want to know how TB number is hashed ? OR Do you want to make an interface who can permit you to log TB automaticaly ? OR Another... Cordialy, David Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         opencaching.com Forum Index -> Issues, decisions, answers All times are GMT - 5 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum OpenCaching.com----------------General (The Catch All)Issues, decisions, answersLegal StuffTech StuffContentDesign WizardsCode MonkeysJust Say Hi Projects----------------Geo TagsHosting ScriptsGPX Standards Diskussionsforen----------------Opencaching.de Dutch Mirror----------------Opencaching.nl Opencaching The Organization----------------Let's Get Organized  Powered by phpBB 2.0.6 © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group