I thought the same thing, which is why I posted it here. It's possible that it's a one-way mapping strategy and since I didn't know the formula used to produce the hash, I couldn't tell if it was a one-way map.
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Mike Bigalke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I found this little interesting page that suggests there shoud be a hash > > that outputs the same string as the input string. > > While it could exist, that does not mean it should or even that it > will. For example, if you imagine md5 producing a binary hash (just 1 > and 0), then this type of condition may exist: > > md5(1) => 0 > md5(0) => 1 > > Regards, > - Robert > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
