HP Webwise MPE/iX secure web server tutorial - September 2000

September 14, 2000
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secure web
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definitions: message digest
Short, fixed-length representation of longer, variable-
length messages (hash)
Cant determine original msg from digest
No two messages have the same digest
Digest algorithms:
MD5 (128-bit hash)
SHA1 (160-bit hash)