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CPEH-001 · 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…

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Question

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

Options

AIntegrity
BConfidentiality
CAuthentication
DAvailability

How the community answered

(41 responses)

A
71% (29)
B
15% (6)
C
10% (4)
D
5% (2)

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#cryptography#hash functions

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