On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:52 PM, pasamblue1 <[email protected]> wrote: > I am developing an android application for encryption decryption of > messages. I need some hash algorithm to generate key from password. I > am using SHA1 for the same. Not sure if it is good to use it for > security reasons. Is there any other algorithm to be used as hash > function. >
Search for 'password based encryption'. There are standard algorithms to derive a key from a password securely. For Java, you might want to use 'PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1' or some equivalent available on Android. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
