[ubercore]

Pedant alert! Hashing is not encryption.

[SquareWheel]

Hashing is one way, and encryption is two way -- correct?

edit: Might as well look it up. The user "bestsss" at Stack overflow confirms this is the case.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4948322/fundamental-diffe...

[lawnchair_larry]

Pedant alert, hashing is still a form of encryption. Take a look at what crypt(3) used to do ;)