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Cryptography

  • SSL
  • Password Salts
  • API Key generation
  • Session Key/Secret

Cryptographic Hashes

Used for data integrity.

SHA-2 Hash (Secure Hash Algorithm)

@todo: Pseudocode + LaTeX math demonstrating how this algorithm works.

MD5 Hash

Cryptographic function that produces a 128-bit (16-byte) hash value, typically expressed as a 32-integer hexadecimal number.

A few flaws have been found with this hash.

Resources

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