Encrypted Forms on GS?

[Alan-A]

Hello,
Is it possible for the contents of forms to be encrypted before they are sent to the server?
(I guess this would have to be done using JavaScript ...)
Many thanks,
A.

[filupn]

I would not want to have to rely on javascript. I would use an SSL connection if I needed forms to be encrypted during transport to the server.

I haven't personally used SSL with GS, but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work.

[Alan-A]

Hello Filupn,

Am I right in thinking you're saying it's not available as a feature / hack or whatever in GS at the moment but it shouldn't be impossible to adapt something like the contact form module to do this with one of those encryption scripts out there?

A.

[filupn]

I'm pretty sure there's nothing like that built into GetSimple. But if you just used an SSL connection with a standard contact form plugin, there'd be no need for any JavaScript or modification of code, all communications between the browser and the site would be encrypted.

[Alan-A]

I'm pretty sure there's nothing like that built into GetSimple.

I thought that too

But if you just used an SSL connection with a standard contact form plugin, there'd be no need for any JavaScript or modification of code, all communications between the browser and the site would be encrypted.

This sounds like a possibility. If I could hack into the module to change the protocol to https then all I'd need to sort out would be (I've just looked at Wikipedia's "HTTP Secure" article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Secure)):

• organising a certificate
  

• ensure that I'm using a fixed IP-Address and am not on a name-based virtual host
  

However, I can't see how I could get the menu link to my contact form to work. It would have to read "https://.....", meaning a system hack and increasing complexity ... and maybe I should start to think about another CMS for this project.
(It seems stupid to go to a more complex system for a site with only a dozen pages but encryption seems to be a "must" for this customer - a doctor wanting to assure his patients about confidentially.)

[ccagle8]

GetSimple *should* work on https... are you seeing problems when trying it? I built in the ability to account for https, but i cant test it as I dont have an SSL cert