Created: 2023-09-29 19:24
Status: #concept
Subject: Programming Cybersecurity
Tags: Encryption Hash Function Salting HashVer
Hashing
It is the deterministic mapping of any arbitrarily-sized Data into fixed-size values.
- it has applications in Encryption (bcryptjs) or making indices for quicker File System access (java.util.HashMap).
- we use Hash Functions to perform hashing in programming langauges.