ESET What is the difference and security between "hashing" and "encryption"?
This article is a re-edited version of "What is the difference between hashing and encryption?" Published in the "Cyber Security Information Bureau" provided by Canon Marketing Japan.
The difference between hashing and encryption is "irreversible"
Example of using hashing
1) Digital signature
2) Email
3) Files to distribute
4) Bitcoin, blockchain
Hashing standard
1) MD5
2) SHA-1