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Hashing, What is it and how does it work?

Posted June 12, 2009August 29, 2009 JayLeave a commentPosted in CCNA (ICND2), CSVPN, IINS, Networking 101, Security

Hashing is very different from encryption even though so many people believe it is an encryption protocol. Yes it does scramble the data, so from that aspect it is an encryption program, but the big difference between hashing and encryption, is that Hashing is mathematically impossible to reverse. Now I’m not the kind of person […]

How encryption works

Posted June 4, 2009August 29, 2009 Jay2 CommentsPosted in CSVPN, IINS, Networking 101, Security

The concept of encryption can be quite daunting when you first look at it, however the basic concept of encryption is not that hard to understand   When I moved into my house, my bathroom door didn’t have a key. The previous owners of the house didn’t know what key was needed for that door […]