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{"id":3880,"date":"2022-01-29T10:35:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T10:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?p=3880"},"modified":"2022-03-23T13:09:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:09:14","slug":"differentiate-between-hashing-and-encryption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/cyber-security\/differentiate-between-hashing-and-encryption\/","title":{"rendered":"Differentiate between hashing and encryption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hashing<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Encryption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>It is a method of converting data to a smaller fixed value known as the key, which is then used to represent the original data.<\/td>\n<td>It&#8217;s the technique of securely encoding data such that only the authorized user with the key or password can get the original data; for everyone else, it seems to be rubbish.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>By whatever method, the hash code or key cannot be reverted to the original information. It can only be mapped, and the hash code is compared; if the hash code is the same, the information is identical; otherwise, it is not. It is not possible to get the original data.<\/td>\n<td>If we know the encryption key and technique used for encryption, we can easily extract the original data.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>In comparison to encryption, it is more secure.<\/td>\n<td>In comparison to hashing, it is less secure.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The goal of hashing is to index and retrieve data from a database. The procedure is really quick.<\/td>\n<td>Encryption transforms data in order to keep it hidden from others.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The hashed data is usually short and constant in length. It does not increase in size as the length of information increases.<\/td>\n<td>The length of the encrypted data is not defined. 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