This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Implements the SGen task. Use the SGen element in your project file to create and execute this task. For usage and parameter information, see SGen Task.
What is a cryptographic hash? A hash (also called a digest, and informally a checksum) is a kind of signature for a stream of data that represents the contents. The closest real-life analog we can think is a tamper-evident seal on a software package: if you open the box (change the file), it's detected.
A cryptographic algorithm (also called a encryption algorithm) is a A cryptographic algorithm is a mathematical function that computes a result from one or several input values. Overview Edit. Cryptographic algorithms specify the operations of encrypting, decrypting, authenticating, digitally signing, and verifying digital signatures or authentication codes. Algorithms are defined in a cryptographic system and a supporting CKM system for data protection, key protection, key generation, key establishment (exchange, agreement, distribution), key update, key destruction, etc. â 1  NIST Special Publication 800-152, at 127.