A cryptographic hash function (CHF) is a hash algorithm (a map of an arbitrary binary string to a binary string with a fixed size of n {\displaystyle...

derived from a hash function which takes a data input and returns a fixed length of bits. Although hash algorithms, especially cryptographic hash algorithms...

This is a list of hash functions, including cyclic redundancy checks, checksum functions, and cryptographic hash functions. Adler-32 is often mistaken...

BLAKE is a cryptographic hash function based on Daniel J. Bernstein's ChaCha stream cipher, but a permuted copy of the input block, XORed with round constants...

general and technical information for a number of cryptographic hash functions. See the individual functions' articles for further information. This article...

password, or a passphrase using a pseudorandom function (which typically uses a cryptographic hash function or block cipher). KDFs can be used to stretch...

output. The values returned by a hash function are called hash values, hash codes, hash digests, digests, or simply hashes. The values are usually used to...

of message authentication code (MAC) involving a cryptographic hash function and a secret cryptographic key. As with any MAC, it may be used to simultaneously...

cryptography, a preimage attack on cryptographic hash functions tries to find a message that has a specific hash value. A cryptographic hash function...

(or FNV) is a non-cryptographic hash function created by Glenn Fowler, Landon Curt Noll, and Kiem-Phong Vo. The basis of the FNV hash algorithm was taken...

In computer science and cryptography, Whirlpool (sometimes styled WHIRLPOOL) is a cryptographic hash function. It was designed by Vincent Rijmen (co-creator...

In cryptography, a salt is random data fed as an additional input to a one-way function that hashes data, a password or passphrase. Salting helps defend...

In cryptography, cryptographic hash functions can be divided into two main categories. In the first category are those functions whose designs are based...

The Secure Hash Algorithms are a family of cryptographic hash functions published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a U.S...

to a spate of "hash flooding" denial-of-service attacks (HashDoS) in late 2011. SipHash is designed as a non-cryptographic hash function. Although it can...

other cryptographic primitives); in this case they are described as universal hash functions. Among the typical uses of non-cryptographic hash functions are...

In cryptography and computer science, a hash tree or Merkle tree is a tree in which every "leaf" node is labelled with the cryptographic hash of a data...

The MD2 Message-Digest Algorithm is a cryptographic hash function developed by Ronald Rivest in 1989. The algorithm is optimized for 8-bit computers....

a cryptographic hash function; however it has been found to suffer from extensive vulnerabilities. It remains suitable for other non-cryptographic purposes...

Sponge functions have both theoretical and practical uses. They can be used to model or implement many cryptographic primitives, including cryptographic hashes...

known attacks against cryptographic hash functions. Note that not all entries may be up to date. For a summary of other hash function parameters, see comparison...

not limited to, one-way hash functions and encryption functions. When creating cryptographic systems, designers use cryptographic primitives as their most...

MAC algorithms can be constructed from other cryptographic primitives, like cryptographic hash functions (as in the case of HMAC) or from block cipher...

and so has been thought worth the effort. Cryptographic hash functions are a third type of cryptographic algorithm. They take a message of any length...

In cryptography, a pepper is a secret added to an input such as a password during hashing with a cryptographic hash function. This value differs from...

In cryptography, the avalanche effect is the desirable property of cryptographic algorithms, typically block ciphers and cryptographic hash functions, wherein...

In cryptography, security level is a measure of the strength that a cryptographic primitive — such as a cipher or hash function — achieves. Security level...

In cryptography, the Merkle–Damgård construction or Merkle–Damgård hash function is a method of building collision-resistant cryptographic hash functions...

initialization vectors and in cryptographic hash functions. A nonce is an arbitrary number used only once in a cryptographic communication, in the spirit...

Hash-based cryptography is the generic term for constructions of cryptographic primitives based on the security of hash functions. It is of interest as...