 Cryptographic hash function (source code)

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= Cryptographic hash function
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A function mapping messages of arbitrary length to fixed-length digests, designed to provide <preimage resistance> and <collision resistance>. In a <digital signature> protocol the digest also needs an encoding and security properties appropriate to that protocol.

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