Cryptography tools

Which algorithm for which job, and what each digest is safe for.

Hashing a password with SHA-256 is fast, which is exactly what makes it the wrong choice. These tools identify a hash or a password hash from its shape alone, compute digests with the Web Crypto API in your browser, and say which algorithm belongs to which job: bcrypt, scrypt or Argon2 for passwords, SHA-256 for integrity, HMAC for authentication, and why MD5 and SHA-1 survive in checksums but not in signatures.

Free, with no sign-up. Every one runs entirely in your browser: nothing you paste is uploaded, and there is no server to send it to.

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