More on fP 6.0 features

[Fairlight]

You'll never BELIEVE what Brian K. White said here...:
> Fairlight wrote:
> > BASE64( TO|FROM , INFIELD, OUTFIELD)
> >
> > m->
> 
> 
> rather:
> 
> crypt(ecoding,key,direction,source,target)
> 
> encoding is an ever growing list, initially base64 and crypt at least, mybe 
> rot13(w/ rot5 numbers) just for giggles

I think you missed my point.  I wasn't talking about MD5 passwords, I was
talking about inline MIME encoding for XML, email, etc.  :)

However, you have a valid point yourself, and I like the idea.  I think the
initial list should be DES, MD5, Blowfish, and possibly Extended DES, since
that's what FBSD allows in its password system.  And, ROT-13 aside, none of
those need a direction, as the others are one-way.  Perhaps as an optional
last argument, to be gracefully ignored if not relevant.

Actually, I'd add SHA1 to this list as well, as that's a popular hashing
algorithm nowadays, sometimes rivalling MD5, depending on the circles in
which you travel.

mark->
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