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Re: MessageDigest Length

From "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this>
Subject Re: MessageDigest Length
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Date 2011-04-27 16:07 +0000
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:18:45 -0800 (PST), sean@onset.com.au wrote,
quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>Does anyone know if there is a way of setting the length of the hashed
>value returned from a message digest?

each algorithm has a standard fixed length. If you want a different
length, use a different algorithm.

See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/digest.html
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Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com

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    Re: MessageDigest Length "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 16:07 +0000
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  Re: MessageDigest Length "Maarten Bodewes" <maarten.bodewes@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 16:08 +0000
    Re: MessageDigest Length "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 16:08 +0000
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        Re: MessageDigest Length "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 16:08 +0000
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