On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 02:16:15PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote:
> On 6/3/08, Juan Miscaro  wrote:

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> > Ah, md5.  Is that still considered 'encryption'?  No, I'm not a troll,

> >  just wanting to learn.

>

> My password md5 is b58a34a2c0fd8eb9c5a193b2a60ecc60.  What's my password?

Ted, I think you are confusing matters.
md5 is a cryptographic hash, it surely transforms text into bit soup,

but that is not not the same a an encryption function. For an

encryption function, you want to have a corresponding computationally

feasable decryption function. For hashes you're better off if no such

function exists. Also, many texts have the same md5 output. For an

encryption function that would be a major problem. 
	-Otto