Hi

I am trying to implement some security features to a web project. For
various reasons, I need to encrypt a URL, then decrypt it and redirect to
the correct page.

I have implemented a few different ideas based on the .NET cryptography
classes and based on code from the web. Encryption in all cases works fine,
but decryption is a mess.

What I'm trying to do:
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Take a url: eg http://www.foo.com?paramter=x

and encrypt it...
pass it to another page as a parameter: Eg:
http://processpage.aspx?Link="£&£")("£&&"
where Link= refers to the encrypted url from above...

the processpage will then decrypt the url and redirect (if certain security
conditions are met).


the problem:
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All the solutions I've seen convert the encrypted byte array to a Base 64
string, then decrypt it using fromBase64...

My problem is I think the Base64 encoded string is being munged when it is
passed as a url parameter. When I try to decrypt the string (in another
page)...I get an invalid length error...

the question:
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1. Is there an easier (secure) way to encrypt a url link?
2. Can you use a base64 encoded string in a url?
3. Are you still reading this <grin>?

Any help would be appreciated.

rgds
John Butler