A generic question

hi all !
i am a newbie into cryptography. i have noticed that one of the shareware products i use, generates a License key based on my name, which is always 22 chars in length. Does ne1 know of any such algorithm that generates a 22 char output or 176 bit output (assuming that each char is 8-bits in length).
The aim is NOT to reverse-engineer the product since i dont have access to any salt that might b used to generate the License Key.
TIA

I think the shareware programme uses a hashing function rather then n encryption algorithm.
my name is not 22 char. The generated hash is of 22 char length always. From the nature of the program i can say that it is not using ne hardware based information.
this program uses a salt of length around 8 to 12 chars and generates a hash of my name which is always 22 char in size. i have looked into many of the major hashing algorithms but they r not being used. for example u can b reasonably certain that MD5 with n 8-char salt is being used when u c a hash like this :
$1$ ...salt (8 char)...$ ...hashed password (22 char)...
for blowfish its soething like :
$2$...salt ...$ ... hashed password ....
But in this case there is no such hint. A possible explanation can be that MD5 is still being used with the
giveaway starting dollar signs removed.
regards,
Sunil Negi

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