Ross wrote: > Hi, > > Does md5 really offer much in terms of protection? can you STFW? http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGkkQsQ65FTlkBrTVXNyoA?p=does+md5+offer+any+protection&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2&x=wrt > > The algorithm is really well known. do you work for microsoft? strength of a crypto algorithm has nothing to do with whether it's definition known or not. security through obscrurity ... isn't. > > I would like to hear your thoughts and poosible alternatives (mcrypt?) an alternative might be to first STFM?: http://php.net/sha1 (also read the user notes) > > R. > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
