Secure Hash Algorithm

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(algorithm, cryptography)

Secure Hash Algorithm - (SHA) A one-way hash function developped by NIST and defined in standard FIPS 180. SHA-1 is a revision published in 1994; it is also described in ANSI standard X9.30 (part 2).

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Specific functions include the Data Encryption Standard (DES) for encryption and decryption, secure key storage and Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) acceleration.

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Other cryptographic algorithms currently validated by the CMVP are the Data Encryption Standard (DES), the Triple Data Encryption Standard (TDES), the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA), the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-1), and the Random Number Generator algorithm (RNG).

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That string is then mathematically manipulated according to a scheme known as the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Secure Hash Algorithm, which compresses and scrambles the 921,600 bytes of the original image into a 140-byte packet of digits.

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