On 2010-04-03 20:21 , Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
In message<4baf3ac4$0$22903$e4fe5...@news.xs4all.nl>, Irmen de Jong wrote:
On 28-3-2010 12:08, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
Don’t use MD5.
Also, md5 is not an encryption algorithm at all, it is a secure hashing
function.
You can use hash functions for encryption.
You can *build* an encryption algorithm out of hash functions as a primitive,
yes. Paul Rubin's p3.py is an example of using SHA-1 to build an encryption
algorithm:
http://www.nightsong.com/phr/crypto/p3.py
However, a hash function is not an encryption algorithm itself. One does not
"encrypt with md5" as the OP asked. For crypto-knowledgeable people, this may
just be an issue of terminology (although I think an important one), but I think
it demonstrates the ignorance of the OP and the need for Irmen's clarification.
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