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Posted by zen on 11/15/92 11:24
Why not use something like:
http://www.sourceguardian.com/
This will encrypt the php source
regards
nik
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"Alvaro G Vicario" <alvaro_QUITAR_REMOVE@telecomputer.com> wrote in message
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> *** Greger wrote/escribi (Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:21:42 +0200):
> > Im quite comfortable with php but new to encryption, could someone
please
> > highlight when encryption would be a good thing.
> >
> > Also:is there a reverse of the md5 function? ( in other words in what
way is
> > md5 ( + the others sha...)used?
>
> MD5 is a hash that's normally displayed as a 32 character string. That
> means that even the MD5 hash of a 2GB files is 32 byte long: if it was
> reversable we would have found the most amazing compression algorithm ;-)
>
> Encryption can be rather complicate. I suggest you first define your needs
> and then find solutions for them.
>
> Hashes have several usages:
>
> * Test file integrity
> * Password storage (you cannot decrypt passwords, yet you can encrypt the
> value provided by user and compare)
>
> --
> -- lvaro G. Vicario - Burgos, Spain
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