What Is an Md5 hash?
Md5 is a one way hash function that's usually used to check the integrity of files.
What Is CRC32?
CRC stands for cyclic redundancy check. It's often used to detect errors in data during transmission.
What is SHA-1
SHA stands for secure hash algorithm. It's also used as a hash function?
Is Base64 Secure?
No! Unlike the above Base64 is an encoding, not an encryption - thus can easily be undone.
Encode Vs Encrypt
To Encode is to change, to Encrypt is to convert to something you need a key to read.