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TCPObject encryption on the iPhone

by Justin Mosiman · in iTorque 2D · 09/29/2009 (6:37 pm) · 1 replies

Hey,

I have my game almost complete and am working on implementing a high score board. I have the TCPObject code written and it posts to my database just fine. However, I am not using any encryption and it is easy to sniff packets and then adjust your score from that. With that in mind, what type of encryption would you recommend? I have seen AES mentioned on the forums before, is that still relevant on the iPhone? Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Justin
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Torque 3D Owner Marc Dreamora Schaerer
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09/29/2009 (9:01 pm)
I would actually not encrypt the actual data but instead create a checksum from it and encrypt that checksum, sending it with the score and then compare it against it.

how complex the encryption is and what you use to generate the checksum is up to you.
Also how you generate the encryption keys (RSA for example, let the server generate one for each session)


I guess though the general answer is: why not use Scoreloop or OpenFeint, where people can challenge others etc adding much more use to the highscore then just "looking at it"