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Today my friend said that "base64 is a hash and salt algo that you can use with telnet to secure it with only one octet of overhead". When I asked him what a hash is he said "SOMETHING WHICH encodes and encrypts with optional salt". I tried to explain to him that base64 is simply another base similar to binary, decimal and hexadecimal and has nothing to do with encryption but he insisted that I was wrong. I also tried to explain to him that a hash function is not used for encryption and it's one way (unlike any base) but he wasn't able to comprehend that.
How can I help him understand what base64 and hash functions are?
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Why would you? Don't you have better things to do?
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You sure were the smart one in that situation, OP. Way to tell that theoretically-existent dummy.
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>>57684141
Show him your masterful command of crypto technology using ROT13. Let him triple encrypt with ROT13 and then you can decode in one simple go. He will be suitably impressed.
And please report back how it went.
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>>57684141
i sure do enjoy some optional salt
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>>57684174
>Why would you?
Because I want to help my friend.
>Don't you have better things to do?
No, I have infinite free time.
>>57684194
>theoretically-existent dummy
I believe that I already answered what base64 and hash functions are in my post.
>>57684216
>Let him triple encrypt with ROT13
It reminds me how some DOS programs used multiple xor passes in order to check if the key given is correct.
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>>57684279
Your friend is beyond help. He's probably coding something incredibly important in PHP already using his new-found knowledge.
Laugh at him and pwn it.
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