This article explains how the cryptographic design and mathematical complexity behind SHA-256 makes inverting its one-way hash function practically impossible.
Explains SHA256 hash function, compares hashing vs encryption, discusses keyless benefits and limitations of SHA256, and when encryption keys are required.
Explores the vast complexity and negligible collision chances of SHA-512 cryptographic hashes and their reliance on uniqueness for security applications.
This article compares the RIPEMD-160 cryptographic hash function to MD5 and SHA-1 in terms of speed, security, collision resistance, and suitable use cases.
This article compares SHA-256 and Scrypt cryptographic hashes, analyzing differences in speed, security, computational complexity and suitable use cases.
Compares SHA and AES encryption algorithms, highlighting key differences in their purpose, design, outputs and strengths for hashing versus encryption.
Binary numbers can represent polynomials, enabling mathematical operations and applications in digital systems, computer science, and error detection codes.
Perfect hashing eliminates collisions by uniquely mapping keys to slots in the hash table, providing optimal efficiency for lookups, inserts, and deletes.
Checksum is used to detect accidental errors in data transmission and storage. It acts as a digital fingerprint to verify integrity and prevent corruption.