User:Johnmaguire

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Re: SHA Hashing calculator[edit]

Hello, I am the maintainer of the link you removed. http://www.johnmaguire.us/tools/hashcalc. I believe I have corrected the issue. Would you please help me to verifiy that the problem has been resolved.

Thanks, -John

Hi John, thanks for contacting me. As far as I know, these are some correct SHA-1 hashes:

' = bb589d0621e5472f470fa3425a234c74b1e202e8
" = 2ace62c1befa19e3ea37dd52be9f6d508c5163e6
# = d08f88df745fa7950b104e4a707a31cfce7b5841
\ = 08534f33c201a45017b502e90a800f1b708ebcb3
& = 7c4d33785daa5c2370201ffa236b427aa37c9996
? = 5bab61eb53176449e25c2c82f172b82cb13ffb9d
'"#\&? = 699b7d43c2ceb01791d98817222b96c35714d1f6

I tested them on several different hashing calculators, and they all returned the same value. Your calculator does not properly handle the pound sign (#) or the ampersand (&). I'm currently getting:

# = da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709
& = da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Until that issue has been resolved, I think it would be wise to remove your calculator from the External links. Also, I will be cleaning up the links sections on (at least) the SHA hash functions article, so if you fix the bug and add your link again, it may still be removed. Please see Wikipedia:External links for more information on Wikipedia's linking policy. Pages that provide source code and free licensing, without advertising, are more likely to be linked to than others.

Would you consider creating an account on Wikipedia? It's free, does not require any personal information from you, and would make it easier for me to communicate with you, since IP addresses can be shared by multiple users. Feel free to leave another message on my talk page. ~MDD 46 96 03:43, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

I have created an account. thanks for your help today.

I think it is fixed.. # now hashes to d08f88df745fa7950b104e4a707a31cfce7b584 which is consistant with your test vectors..

Also, please make sure you are actually pressing the "calculate" button each time..

The problem was that I was not urlencoding values before.. I appreciate your help to ensure that this tool provides accurate hashes.

Thanks,

-John

Great! I think there was a caching issue on my end... things look good now. If you decide to stay around a while, please sign your posts on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~). And in any case, good luck! ~MDD 46 96 04:02, 9 February 2006 (UTC)