>thanks for the link... that provides some good information
>you showed me a chart discussing HASH functions.
>from what i understand "HASH"-ing and "Encrypt"-ing are not the same thing.
>But, there is information on that link regarding encryption.

My understanding is that hashing is one way encryption - like you would do with a password to store in a database. When a login is attempted you would hash the attempted password and compare it with the hashed value in the DB - that way passwords are not in plain text.

If I am incorrect please somebody tell me.