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hashing = encrypting
Comment by [deleted] at 14/12/2006 at 20:12 UTC
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Encryption is reversible. Hashing is not.
Comment by duketime at 14/12/2006 at 19:49 UTC
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Not necessarily.
Hashing could be considered a subset of encrypting if you view encrypting as "turning something meaningful into a jumble".
However hashing does not equal encrypting if you view encryption like a secret code meaning "turning something meaningful into a jumble, with the ability to turn it back into the same meaningful text". In which case, hashing is quite the opposite, which is why it's more secure for things only one person really should know. Like passwords.