"one way" encryption

[daimous]

can any please suggest of "one-way" encryption in Visual basic 6. thanks!!!

[smUX]

one-way encryption...you mean an MD5 hash?

If not, explain what you mean by "one way"...as in can't be decrypted by anyone? What's the point?

[cssriraman]

Search the forum you will get many examples:

http://vbforums.com/search.php?searchid=821818

[daimous]

"One-way" once you encrypt it there's no way for you to decrypt it...that's why it is "one-way" encryption...whats the point? ask the GURU why they invent such encryption algorithm.

[CVMichael]

One way encryption is the only encryption you should trust.

It is mostly used for log-ins, when you store the password hashed (one way encrypted), and to test the validity of the password, you compare the encrypted strings.

I also made a very strong 2 way encryption using one-way encryption, see this thread:
VB - 128, 160 and 256 Bit File Encryption/Decryption with MD5, SHA1 and SHA256

[iPrank]

What is MD5 and why use it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5

MD5 in different languages: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~mabzug1/cs/md5/md5.html

[smUX]

I have an MD5 function somewhere that I downloaded (mixture of function and class module)...if need be, I can find it :-)