Dec. 17, 2022, 4:42 p.m. | Heinrich Long

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The SHA-1 hash algorithm has been retired by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), an official U.S. government body, that now recommends anyone still using it to upgrade to newer and stronger ciphers like SHA-2 and SHA-3. First published in 1995 by NIST, the SHA-1 cipher became one of the most widely used tools …


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