tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post6326048484629234087..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: HashesRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-40175082690778106982015-04-11T20:14:09.761+01:002015-04-11T20:14:09.761+01:00Yes and no
Yes, in that to a computer everything ...Yes and no<br /><br />Yes, in that to a computer everything is just a number (or numbers)<br /><br />No, in that programmers typically use "number" for things which are fixed length and "string" for usually textual things which are variable length, and passwords are the latter<br /><br />Though these terms are "fuzzy", and "arbitrary precision numbers" are obviously variable in length but they're very definitely numbersOwen Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00571493467544526223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-82987844759032848112015-04-10T20:11:08.732+01:002015-04-10T20:11:08.732+01:00"an arbitrarily long string, such as a passwo..."an arbitrarily long string, such as a password"<br /><br />That's just a (big) number too, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-2703119633645179142015-04-09T22:36:57.953+01:002015-04-09T22:36:57.953+01:00bcryptbcryptbatfastadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727627380156105031noreply@blogger.com