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312-50V10 · Question #441

Which of the following is assured by the use of a hash?

The correct answer is A. Integrity. An important application of secure hashes is verification of message integrity. Determining whether any changes have been made to a message (or a file), for example, can be accomplished by comparing message digests calculated before, and after, transmission (or any https://en.wik

Cryptography

Question

Which of the following is assured by the use of a hash?

Options

AIntegrity
BConfidentiality
CAuthentication
DAvailability

How the community answered

(66 responses)

A
94% (62)
B
3% (2)
C
2% (1)
D
2% (1)

Explanation

An important application of secure hashes is verification of message integrity. Determining whether any changes have been made to a message (or a file), for example, can be accomplished by comparing message digests calculated before, and after, transmission (or any https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function#Verifying_the_integrity_of_files_or_me

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#hashing#data integrity#cryptographic functions

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