Re: [OT] Re: Google-like API keys

2006-08-11 Thread Don Arbow
On Aug 11, 2006, at 5:59 AM, Aidas Bendoraitis wrote: > > As far as I undersand, API KEY is not something like ID, it's more > like a password for user's website URL, so it does not necessary have > to be unique. > > For example, when you register an account for GMaps, you get an API > KEY for a s

[OT] Re: Google-like API keys

2006-08-11 Thread Felix Ingram
On 8/11/06, Jyrki Pulliainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/11/06, Felix Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 8/10/06, Jyrki Pulliainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 8/10/06, Felix Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 8/10/06, hernan43 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >

Re: [OT] Re: Google-like API keys

2006-08-11 Thread Aidas Bendoraitis
As far as I undersand, API KEY is not something like ID, it's more like a password for user's website URL, so it does not necessary have to be unique. For example, when you register an account for GMaps, you get an API KEY for a specific URI. Aidas Bendoraitis [aka Archatas] On 8/11/06, Felix I

[OT] Re: Google-like API keys

2006-08-11 Thread Felix Ingram
On 8/11/06, Jay Klehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Felix Ingram wrote: > > On 8/10/06, Jeremy Dunck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Just username+randomstring is good. > >> SHA better than md5. > >> > > Choice of hashing algorithm means nothing here. The only thing about > > SHA is that you'll get