Generate SHA-256 and SHA-1 cryptographic hashes from any text. Uses the browser's built-in SubtleCrypto — nothing is uploaded.
Files processed securely via encrypted connection. Automatically deleted after processing. Never stored or shared.
A cryptographic hash function takes any input and produces a fixed-length output that uniquely represents it. Even a single character change produces a completely different hash. Our tool generates MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512 hashes for any text you enter.
MD5 produces a 128-bit hash and is fast, but cryptographic weaknesses make it unsuitable for security purposes — two different inputs can be engineered to produce the same MD5 hash. SHA-256 produces a 256-bit hash with no known practical vulnerabilities. Use SHA-256 or SHA-512 for any security-relevant hashing. MD5 remains acceptable for checksums and non-security uses where speed matters.
Hashing and encryption are fundamentally different operations that are often confused. Encryption is reversible. Given the encrypted data and the key, you can recover the original plaintext. Hashing is one-way. Given a hash value, it is computationally infeasible to recover the original input. This distinction matters enormously for password storage. Passwords must be hashed, not encrypted. A properly hashed password database reveals nothing about the original passwords even to an attacker with complete access to the database and all its contents.
MD5 produces a 128-bit hash and is fast, but cryptographic weaknesses make it unsuitable for security purposes. SHA-1 is also considered broken for security applications. SHA-256 and SHA-512 produce larger hashes with no known practical vulnerabilities and should be used for any security-relevant hashing. For password storage specifically, use a purpose-built algorithm like bcrypt, scrypt, or Argon2 which are intentionally slow to make brute-force attacks computationally expensive even with modern hardware.
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