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…

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AIntegrity
BConfidentiality
CAuthentication
DAvailability

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A
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B
3% (1)
C
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D
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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_messages

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