RE: unique code generator

2004-06-29 Thread David Schwartz
> ok, sorry for my strictness... > > I need create some codes with fixed lenght with deny of ability of other > people to create such identifiers... > > Something similar to phone cards with ID, which I must enter into phone > before I dial phone number and going to talk... > > The code should be

Re: unique code

2004-06-29 Thread Charles B Cranston
Well, I was confused about how you were confused. I guess you're saying the HMAC makes 32 printable characters, and this would be because it is being translated fron binary into hex. What I was trying to say is that if the hash makes k binary output bits, it is easy to fold them together with som