Re: What Category for the Message Hashing/HMAC digest package?

--- Richard Heyes <richard@v-webmail.co.uk> wrote: > > I was about to release the 'Message' package, but I am not sure there is > an > > appropriate category in the PEAR package browser. 'Authentication' might > be OK, > > but that is one of the uses of the Hashing and HMAC digests. They can also > be > > used for data (integrity) validation. > > > > 'Encryption' is not a good one either as the classes in question use the > > one-way hashing functions available from mhash. 'Security' could be a good > one, > > because the reason to use hashes and hmacs is to make more secure web > > applications. > > +1 for Encryption, or even better, renaming that category to Cryptography > which I feel fits hashing *ever so slightly* better. Average Joe Public > tends not to differentiate between hashing/encyption. 'Cryptography', now that sounds better ;-). We could also follow some of the ideas from CPAN and use 'Digest', but perhaps it will be a little more obscure that way, as not everyone groks the 'Digest' bit or its uses. ===== --- Jesus M. Castagnetto (jcastagnetto@yahoo.com) Research: http://metallo.scripps.edu/ Personal: http://www.castagnetto.org/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com