I am new to ASP.NET. My most pressing need is for a control I can place on a web site that will allow a visitor to point to a local file, encrypt it (its tax data, so security is critical), create an email and send it to me. Can I do this with ASP.NET ? Or is there an easier/better way ? I thought about an encrypted upload function using SSL, but don't want to purchase/maintain an SSL certificate.

Thanks,
Scott

AustinTXsupport

hi there.. if you don't want to use ssl why don't you just use a desktop app?? .net has a lot of encryption functionality within.. also using a control will do a run trip with the insecure data in it... the only way to do it will be with javascript (and maybe not even that!, I don't know if that is posible...)

also you are saying that they will mail the info to you.. so I would suggest a desktop app...

HTH

Gonzalo

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I do not believe it is possible to write an asp.net app that will secure the HTTP communication between client and server without SSL.

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