GoLang: Hash
Previously I talked about files, encoding in golang. In this LTD (learn to do) I will talk about hash package in general.
https://blog.samarthya.me/wps/2021/01/30/golang-encoding/
Help # https://golang.org/pkg/hash/#Hash https://golang.org/pkg/crypto/#Hash.New https://golang.org/src/crypto/crypto.go?s=364:378#L6 https://golang.org/pkg/crypto/#pkg-subdirectories Package crypto collects common cryptographic constants. — Official golang documentation const ( MD4 Hash = 1 + iota // import golang.org/x/crypto/md4 MD5 // import crypto/md5 SHA1 // import crypto/sha1 SHA224 // import crypto/sha256 SHA256 // import crypto/sha256 SHA384 // import crypto/sha512 SHA512 // import crypto/sha512 MD5SHA1 // no implementation; MD5+SHA1 used for TLS RSA RIPEMD160 // import golang.org/x/crypto/ripemd160 SHA3_224 // import golang.org/x/crypto/sha3 SHA3_256 // import golang.org/x/crypto/sha3 SHA3_384 // import golang.org/x/crypto/sha3 SHA3_512 // import golang.org/x/crypto/sha3 SHA512_224 // import crypto/sha512 SHA512_256 // import crypto/sha512 BLAKE2s_256 // import golang.org/x/crypto/blake2s BLAKE2b_256 // import golang.org/x/crypto/blake2b BLAKE2b_384 // import golang.org/x/crypto/blake2b BLAKE2b_512 // import golang.org/x/crypto/blake2b ) Let’s try out a simple MD5 hasher.