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What is SHA?

Secure Hashing Algorithm or SHA is a modified version of MD5 that uses bitwise operations, modular additions, and compression functions to reduce the input data into a smaller form. The main distinction between hashing and encryption is that hashing is one-way; once data has been hashed, the resulting hash digest cannot be decrypted unless a brute force assault is applied.

Secure Hash Algorithm (hash) engine allows direct processing of arbitrary length messages using a variety of hashing algorithms.

The SHA2 group, especially SHA-512, is probably the most easily available highly secure hashing algorithms available.

SHA-256 algorithm generates an almost-unique, fixed size 256-bit (32-byte) hash. Hash is a one way function – it cannot be decrypted back.

Calculate a SHA hash with 512 bits from your sensitive data like passwords.

There are several well-known hash functions in use today:

• Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC): Combines authentication via a shared secret with hashing.
• Message Digest 2 (MD2): Byte-oriented, produces a 128-bit hash value from an arbitrary-length message, designed for smart cards.
• MD4: Similar to MD2, designed specifically for fast processing in software.
• MD5: Similar to MD4 but slower because the data is manipulated more. Developed after potential weaknesses were reported in MD4.
• Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA): Modeled after MD4 and proposed by NIST for the Secure Hash Standard (SHS), produces a 160-bit hash value.