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Re^2: encrypt/decrypt string

by artist (Parson)
on Oct 19, 2006 at 18:20 UTC ( [id://579437]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: encrypt/decrypt string
in thread encrypt/decrypt string

I like to have fix number of characters (for example: 20 Hex digits) in the encrypted string.
--Artist

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Re^3: encrypt/decrypt string
by samtregar (Abbot) on Oct 19, 2006 at 18:26 UTC
    That strikes me as a silly thing to want in this context. There's no reason URLs need to be a fixed length and trust me, Blowfish isn't any weaker for producing variable length output.

    -sam

Re^3: encrypt/decrypt string
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 19, 2006 at 19:17 UTC
    Blowfish *does* encrypts a fixed number of input characters to a fixed number of output characters.

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