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==Differences between Cryptographic Hashing Functions==
A crytographic hashing function is a deterministic procedure that takes a block of code and returns a fixed bit string.

Two widely used hasing functions used today are MD5 and SHA-1

==SHA-1==
SHA-1 was designed by the Nation Security Agency (NSA) in 1995.

Published by The National Institute of Standards and Technology as a Federal Information Processing Standard for the US.








==Refrences==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA1 SHA-1 Wiki]