On Wed, May 4, 2011 9:37 am, Steven Alligood wrote: > On 5/3/11 5:20 PM, Robert Merrill wrote: > >> Robert Merrill >> "Vaguely awesome quote from Matrix/Firefly/Battlestar Gallactica/Glee Goes >> Here" >> MD5 Hash of this message goes here >> Public Key of my encrypted Md5 hash of this message goes here >> > > ok, he *did* ask for this. > > Technically, an MD5 hash is not encrypted. It's Hashed. > > A hash is only a one way mechanism. Encryption is two way. > http://forum.codecall.net/blogs/wingedpanther/244-encryption-vs-hashing.html
Technically, he didn't claim the MD5 was an encryption of his message. He said he included the public key of his encrypted MD5 hash. :) -- Matthew Walker HAM Call Sign: N7TOX Kydance Hosting & Consulting, Inc. - http://www.kydance.net/ PHP, Perl, and Web Development - Linux Server Administration /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
