subject:"\[PHP\] hash function secret"

Re: [PHP] hash function secret

2002-09-29 Thread debbie_dyer

riginal Message - From: "Pablo Oliva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 7:52 PM Subject: [PHP] hash function secret > I was reading the sept. issue of linux magazine and they discussed > security issues with web apps. >

[PHP] hash function secret

2002-09-29 Thread Pablo Oliva

I was reading the sept. issue of linux magazine and they discussed security issues with web apps. They mentioned that to generate signatures, you should include a secret with your hash function: s = S(m) = H(secret, H(m, secret)) What is the secret, just a sort of secret code that you include,