RE: Password Protecting files

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

On 20 August 2007 20:36, Michael Schaap wrote:

> On 20-Aug-2007 21:25, Warren Young wrote:
>> Igor Peshansky wrote:
>>> 
>>> Of course, for a thoroughly secure way of protecting your data you could
>>> run it through a hippo
>> 
>> Hippo is a *hash* algorithm, you twit, not an encryption algorithm.
>> It's obvious to anyone who looks at it that it's a one-way function.
>> 
> You mean, all that time I've spent trying to decrypt Hippo dung has been
> wasted?  Sheesh, you could've mentioned that a bit earlier...
> 
>  - Michael


  <looks up, arms up to elbows in pile of hippo dung>

  You mean we were meant to be decrypting this?  I thought we were just playing
in the dirt for fun!



    cheers,
      DaveK
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