Re:Project Euler Humble Return
by mkagenius on Saturday August 08, 2015 @02:33AM
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No. Actually we would not want the hashing technique to be exposed in the source code.
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Re:Project Euler Humble Return
by ColinWright on Saturday August 08, 2015 @07:16AM
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That turns out not to be the whole story.
Hiding the technique to compute the hash is relying on security by obscurity. Ideally you want a system that is secure even if potential attackers know what methods you're using.