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TigerC10 · #6 03-11-2009, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Zachery

Its not encryption, its hashing.

Yes, yes... And I'm aware that Darth Vader never said, "Luke, I am your father" and that Captain Kirk never said, "Beam me up, Scotty".

Just pointing out that you don't need to make a one liner post that makes you sound pompous for making a distinction that nobody cares about...

The terms are not mutually exclusive. Hashing is a form of encryption, a very specific form. It takes a variable length set of data (binary or text) and then spits out a fixed length known type (either binary or text - not both). Encryption is a broad scope term that means it takes one thing and turns it into another thing. Encryption can be reversable, or in some cases it's not. Either way, you're still turning one thing into another thing.

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