{"id":1826,"date":"2020-08-06T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virtono.com\/community\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2020-08-05T11:43:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T08:43:03","slug":"what-you-absolutely-must-know-about-hash-functions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtono.com\/community\/knowledgebase\/what-you-absolutely-must-know-about-hash-functions\/","title":{"rendered":"What you absolutely must know about Hash Functions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How or Why are your passwords stored using Hash, ever wondered?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I believe having a working knowledge of cryptographic hash functions is a must to everyone. Even though they are primarily used by security practitioners. You must hear the words often or even use them without realizing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will be honest with you, these things come off as boring to everyday users that is unfortunately the reason why we read the term hashing but don\u2019t dive into what’s happening behind the scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is why I will try to make this one interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s talk data, data could be of any size. Open up your terminal and we will create hashes for multiple strings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will use MD5 hashing algorithm, more info on that later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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