RE: [PHP] Encryption question
| From: | Mike Brum | Date: | Sat, 11 Oct 2003 02:50:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Encryption question | ||
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I think it all falls under the "cryptography" category, but you're right -
it doesn't fall into the encryption/decryption scheme since it is only
one-way.
-M
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Pauly [mailto:brad@robinsontech.com]
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 10:43 PM
To: php-gen
Subject: Re: [PHP] Encryption question
md5 is a one-way hash function. It is great for passwords. (I'm not sure if
that technically qualifies as encryption because it is nearly impossible to
decrypt..hmm) Anyway, I would recommend using it.
- Brad