According to one of my friends (voulnet (at) gmail (dot) com [email concealed])
CRC is not that good in data integrity (errors can be masked)
HTTPS will do good =D

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:21 AM, Nikhil Wagholikar
<visitnikhil (at) gmail (dot) com [email concealed]> wrote:
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> CRC is one of the best methods for integrity checking (more precisely
> 'detection') of data between web server and web browser.
>
> In any case, like Robert said, HTTPs will do integrity check for the data.
>
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> On 21 July 2010 01:33, <richardhigh (at) imgva (dot) com [email concealed]> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know of any tools out there that can be used to ensure the integrity of data while in transit from a web app and a user using a website to enter information?
> >
> > I've heard of Tripwire and ossec but those more for OS or for files at rest.
> >
> > Any ideas are welcomed. Thanks.
> >
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