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A cryptographic hash function (CHF) is a hash function that is suitable for use in cryptography. It is a mathematical algorithm that maps data of arbitrary size (often called the "message") to a bit string of a fixed size (the "hash value", "hash", or "message digest") and is a one-way function, that is, a function which is practically infeasible to invert. Ideally, the only way to find a message that produces a given hash is to attempt a brute-force search of possible inputs to see if they produce a match, or use a rainbow table of matched hashes. Cryptographic hash functions are a basic tool of modern cryptography.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function</ref> | |||
The ideal cryptographic hash function has the following main properties: | |||
* it is deterministic, meaning that the same message always results in the same hash | |||
* it is quick to compute the hash value for any given message | |||
* it is infeasible to generate a message that yields a given hash value | |||
* it is infeasible to find two different messages with the same hash value | |||
* a small change to a message should change the hash value so extensively that the new hash value appears uncorrelated with the old hash value (avalanche effect) | |||
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Computational thinking, problem-solving and programming[1]
A cryptographic hash function (CHF) is a hash function that is suitable for use in cryptography. It is a mathematical algorithm that maps data of arbitrary size (often called the "message") to a bit string of a fixed size (the "hash value", "hash", or "message digest") and is a one-way function, that is, a function which is practically infeasible to invert. Ideally, the only way to find a message that produces a given hash is to attempt a brute-force search of possible inputs to see if they produce a match, or use a rainbow table of matched hashes. Cryptographic hash functions are a basic tool of modern cryptography.[2]
The ideal cryptographic hash function has the following main properties:
- it is deterministic, meaning that the same message always results in the same hash
- it is quick to compute the hash value for any given message
- it is infeasible to generate a message that yields a given hash value
- it is infeasible to find two different messages with the same hash value
- a small change to a message should change the hash value so extensively that the new hash value appears uncorrelated with the old hash value (avalanche effect)