It is a one way hash that many people use for simple encryption...however, it should not be used for encrypting sensitive information...some people have used it for encrypting data contained in files...
For example do a md5 hash then encrypt the hash.... Thanks, Ray Hunter -----Original Message----- From: Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 2:47 PM To: Ray Hunter Cc: 'Javier'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: Mcrypt: Blowfish or Twofish or no fish? On Tue, 21 May 2002, Ray Hunter wrote: > MD5 is not that secure compared to blowfish or twofish or the other > types of encryption available with mcrypt... > > Thanks, > > Ray Hunter How does MD5 relate to encrypting the file? It's just used as a hash function. --thalis > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Javier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 2:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Re: Mcrypt: Blowfish or Twofish or no fish? > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > What about MD5? > > Jimmy Lantz wrote: > | Hi, > | started playing with Mcrypt and just wanted to ask which encryption > | method makes the stronger encryption? (I can supply the necesary > | keylength). Should I go for MCRYPT_BLOWFISH or MCRYPT_TWOFISH? Or no > | fish at all :) > | > | So what do I need it for? I'm going to use it encrypting files, > | sizes > | varies between some 100 k's and 4-5 mb's. / Jim > | > | Paranoia + A system w/o users = Safe system :) > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAjzqsWUACgkQNcG5oyVditt1ZgCdHrRHjk/Pvb8xfJFZyXBa2/SR > rGUAn3+5uV6YdDDWGmtz4ZxEYlYJV/57 > =c0Rt > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
