Hashing

• Hashing is a way Hashing is the process of transforming any given key or a string of characters into another value.

md5

• An md5 hash is 128 bits long
• Example of how to hash a string using md5 in linux: echo -n "cooltexthere" | md5sum

sha256

• A sha256 hash is 256 bits long
• Example of how to hash a string using sha256 in linux: echo -n "cooltexthere" | sha256sum