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August 22, 2004

Tech Tip: An Illustrated Guide to Cryptographic Hashes

With the recent big news about flaws in some fundamental crypto algorithms, I decided to write a Tech Tip that explains the topic in detail from a beginner's point of view, including the ramifications of the discoveries.

This sprung from a discussion in the Broadband Reports Security Forum, where much of the confusion over what this all meant was compounded by a general lack of awareness of the subtleties of how crypto hashes work. I had quite a bit of that unawareness myself before I started writing this.

Unixwiz.net Tech Tip: An Illustrated Guide to Cryptographic Hashes

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Posted by steve at August 22, 2004 05:32 PM

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