Topic: PHP Secret Key Generating Script (Read 999 times)
You could use a GUID but it doesn't really matter, as long as it is long enough (not brute forceable) its fine.
why not just use GUID almost all enterprise platforms use it. It is simple to use and generates completely random strings ex(c184964b-2263-40a0-8f4d-33d0696e452b)
http://php.net/manual/en/function.com-create-guid.php
http://php.net/manual/en/function.com-create-guid.php
Are you sure this is strong randomness?
Yes, I don't see why it isnt. Its just making random characters so we don't need that to be random.
Are you sure this is strong randomness?
I have made a very short secret generating script for if you need to make secret keys for casinos. This makes 3650 days worth of keys (you can easily make more, just change one number) to last 10 years. It generates and inserts the original secret (the thing you use and reveal 24 hours later), and the encrypted version which you release instantly, and it there at any time. It also associates a day per each pair. It inserts it all into a mysql database, but you can obviously change this, maybe insert into a csv file or something else. It is written in php.
This assumes you have a table with 3 columns, date, hash, and secret. You can change the table name if you want, and the hash algorithm. Its up to you what you do with it.
Source code:
This assumes you have a table with 3 columns, date, hash, and secret. You can change the table name if you want, and the hash algorithm. Its up to you what you do with it.
Source code:
Code:
require('conn.php');
// ^ connect to the database on this line. The mysql connection is on the object $db
$e=1;
$start_date = date('n/j/Y');
for ($i = 1; $i <= 3650; $i++) {
$next_date = strtotime($e++." day", strtotime($start_date));
$date = date('n/j/Y',$next_date);
$key = substr(str_shuffle(abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ),0, 1) . substr(str_shuffle(aBcEeFgHiJkLmNoPqRstUvWxYz0123456789),0, 31);
$hashkey = hash('sha256', $key);
$stmt = $db->prepare('INSERT INTO crypti_secrets (date, hash, secret) VALUES (:date, :hash, :secret)');
$result = $stmt->execute(array(
'date' => $date,
'hash' => $hashkey,
'secret' => $key,
));
}
?>
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$e=1;
$start_date = date('n/j/Y');
for ($i = 1; $i <= 3650; $i++) {
$next_date = strtotime($e++." day", strtotime($start_date));
$date = date('n/j/Y',$next_date);
$key = substr(str_shuffle(abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ),0, 1) . substr(str_shuffle(aBcEeFgHiJkLmNoPqRstUvWxYz0123456789),0, 31);
$hashkey = hash('sha256', $key);
$stmt = $db->prepare('INSERT INTO crypti_secrets (date, hash, secret) VALUES (:date, :hash, :secret)');
$result = $stmt->execute(array(
'date' => $date,
'hash' => $hashkey,
'secret' => $key,
));
}
?>
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