HP Webwise MPE/iX secure web server tutorial - April 2002

April 4, 2002
Solution Symposium
Page 17
hp e3000
webwise
secure web
server
definitions: message digest
• Short, fixed-length representation of longer, variable-
length messages (hash)
• Can’t determine original msg from digest
• No two messages have the same digest
• Digest algorithms:
• MD5 (128-bit hash)
• SHA1 (160-bit hash)