Adobe AIR Programming Unleashed

Chapter 16. Using the Encrypted Local Store

IN THIS CHAPTER

• API Reference

• Sample Application—Storing Login Credentials

The encrypted local store is a facility to more securely persist data on the user’s machine using AES-CBC 128-bit encryption. Every user has his own dedicated store for every Adobe^® AIR™ application installed on the local machine (see Figure 16.1). Thankfully all the underlying machinery to make this happen is obfuscated for you, the developer. If you’ve worked with reading and writing cookies in the browser world, you will see this isn’t all that different.

Figure 16.1. Encrypted storage by application and user.

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The encrypted local ...