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== Hashes in Nix == | == Hashes in Nix == | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function Cryptographic hashes] play an essential role in a lot of places in the Nix ecosystem. When using a hash somewhere, two criteria are essential to do so properly: the '''algorithm''' used and the '''encoding''' (and, to some | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function Cryptographic hashes] play an essential role in a lot of places in the Nix ecosystem. When using a hash somewhere, two criteria are essential to do so properly: the '''algorithm''' used and the '''encoding''' (and, to some extent, ''what'' is hashed). | ||
Supported algorithms are <code>md5</code>, <code>sha1</code>, <code>sha256</code>, <code>sha512</code>. The first two are deprecated and should not be used anymore, but you may still stumble upon them in existing code. | Supported algorithms are <code>md5</code>, <code>sha1</code>, <code>sha256</code>, <code>sha512</code>. The first two are deprecated and should not be used anymore, but you may still stumble upon them in existing code. | ||