Implementing a SHA1 algorithm in C++

Posted by: Raphael Cruzeiro in Cryptography Cross-platform C++ Programming 2 years, 6 months ago comments

Recently, in one of my open source projects, I had to create hashes of messages to be sent over the network to ensure their integrity and since I also needed to store hashed passwords I choose the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA1). The SHA1 was designed by the United States' National Security Agency (NSA) and is widely used to generate password digests, and ensure integrity of information.

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