Quick question about encryption algorithms on windows

[aeroswat]

I just downloaded WampServer2 so i can take it home and play on my comp at home. Do I need to download anything to be able to enable the SHA256/512 encryption algorithms on my php build?

[TeddyKiller]

PHP Comes installed with encrption.. well.. most encryption types.

 

I haven't used WAMPServer2, but I'd say you wouldn't need to download anything. Although I'll leave this for someone else with a better knowledge to answer this.

[aeroswat]

PHP Comes installed with encrption.. well.. most encryption types.

 

I haven't used WAMPServer2, but I'd say you wouldn't need to download anything. Although I'll leave this for someone else with a better knowledge to answer this.

 

All of the hosts I seem to be using don't have SHA-256 or SHA-512 installed. Or even Blowfish for that matter. Unless I am checking them the wrong way. This is the way the php doc files recommended to check

 

if (CRYPT_BLOWFISH == 1) {
    echo "Blowfish:  <br />";
}

if (CRYPT_SHA256 == 1) {
    echo "SHA-256:  <br />";
}

if (CRYPT_SHA512 == 1) {
    echo "SHA-512:  <br />";
}

[TeddyKiller]

Hmm. Well.. I only know of the MD5 and SHA1. As they are the most common.

Is there a method for what your wanting. So lets say.. SHA256 could be made out of .. MD5, SHA1, and other encryption type together.. which equals up to SHA256?

 

Or alternatively, change your encryption type. Maybe having SHA256 etc is not nessecary? I'm sure you must be able to install things onto WAMP.. but you'd have to look up that.

[Mchl]

SHAx is not encryption It's hashing.

Use hash.

[aeroswat]

SHAx is not encryption It's hashing.

Use hash.

 

http://php.net/manual/en/function.crypt.php

 

I need to be able to use this function with the specified algorithms.

 

And no Teddy I wish you could lol that'd be awesome

 

Hash doesn't allow a salt This is for password encryption

[Mchl]

hash() does allow salt. Just concatenate it to string being hashed.

And once again. It is not encryption.

[aeroswat]

hash() does allow salt. Just concatenate it to string being hashed.

And once again. It is not encryption.

 

Does the length of the salt matter?

[Mchl]

The longer, the better.