NL_Rosko Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 i have seen several sites where the hidden input field in an form is encrypted. can someone explain what the specific use of that is ? i'm not quit sure what the meaning is and/or it is usefull for security. if this improves overall form security i think i will use but only if meaningfull Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91737-encrypted-hidden-field/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 It is probably not an encrypted value, but a unique identifier to help insure that a browser has visited your form page and has submitted all the fields present without replacing the hidden field with spam content. or, if you had no choice but to pass a sensitive piece of data through a form, then sending it as an encrypted value would be your choice. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91737-encrypted-hidden-field/#findComment-469887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NL_Rosko Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 It is probably not an encrypted value, but a unique identifier to help insure that a browser has visited your form page and has submitted all the fields present without replacing the hidden field with spam content. or, if you had no choice but to pass a sensitive piece of data through a form, then sending it as an encrypted value would be your choice. so giving it an long Unique identifier only makes sure that no spam content gets into the hidden field ? what could be the use of that for spammers or hackers ? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91737-encrypted-hidden-field/#findComment-469891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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