Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!novia!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!textspool1.readnews.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Roedy Green" Subject: Re: MessageDigest Length Message-ID: X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.security Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.security In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 21 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:07:58 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303920478 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:07:58 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:07:58 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.security:67 To: comp.lang.java.security On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:07:47 +0100, Robert Kochem wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >If you want a deterministic variable length output generated by a given >input you should look for a PRNG (Pseudo Random Number Generator) using >it's seed as input value. see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/digest.html why you would not want to do that. -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products The Java Glossary http://mindprod.com --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24