Message Digest

Generating Message Digests

There are many different and efficient algorithms for turning any given document (message) into a fixed-length hash code, known as a Digest of the original message. Often the digest is also called a Digital Fingerprint of the document.

Use this tool to generate your own message digest:

The tool is from bitsum.com.

Challenges

• Find out how to produce message digests on Windows.
• Find out how to produce message digests on Mac OS X.
• Find out how to produce message digests on Linux.

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