Hashing

Applications

Some popular hashes include:

• md5
• sha1

Some languages have default methods to create an identifying hash for an object:

• Python: __hash__(self)
• Java: hashCode()

Some languages have default functions to create a hash:

• Ruby: hash()
• Python: hash()

RESOURCES

Hash function

Varnish Does Not Hash. Poul-Henning. 2012-01-03. “The way to avoid having hash-collisions is to not use a hash: Use a tree instead.”

What happens when you mess with hashing in Python.