By understanding how cryptographic hash functions work and the critical role they play, we can better appreciate the technology that underpins modern cybersecurity.

How Hashes Work Typical hash functions take inputs of variable lengths to return outputs of a fixed length.

Then, van Wirdum and Provoost go on to explain how hash functions actually work in a little bit more detail. They discuss some aspects of the history and evolution of different hash functions, mention ...

How do rainbow tables work? For security reasons organizations have, for several years, typically stored users’ passwords using hashes.