What's the difference between SHA and AES encryption?

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Pete picture Pete · Jun 13, 2009 · Viewed 165.8k times · Source

What's the difference between SHA and AES encryption?

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skaffman picture skaffman · Jun 13, 2009

SHA isn't encryption, it's a one-way hash function. AES (Advanced_Encryption_Standard) is a symmetric encryption standard.

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