Hash criptográfico com MessageDigest

O que é geração de hashes criptográficos?

API MessageDigest

MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
byte[] hash = md.digest("password123".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
String hex = HexFormat.of().formatHex(hash);
System.out.println(hex); // 64-char hex string

Algoritmos comuns

MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");  // recommended
MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-512");  // stronger
MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA3-256"); // SHA-3 family
// Never: MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5"); // cryptographically broken

Convertendo um hash em uma cadeia hexadecimal

// Java 17+:
String hex = HexFormat.of().formatHex(hash);
// Older Java:
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (byte b : hash) sb.append(String.format("%02x", b));
String hex = sb.toString();

O salt: neutralizando tabelas arco-íris

SecureRandom random = new SecureRandom();
byte[] salt = new byte[16];
random.nextBytes(salt);
MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
md.update(salt);
byte[] hash = md.digest("password".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
// Store: Base64.encode(salt) + ":" + Base64.encode(hash)

Hash de senhas — utilize BCrypt

// Spring Security — proper password hashing:
PasswordEncoder encoder = new BCryptPasswordEncoder(12); // cost factor 12
String hash = encoder.encode("password123");
boolean match = encoder.matches("password123", hash); // true

Verificando a integridade de arquivos

MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
try (InputStream is = Files.newInputStream(Path.of("app.jar"))) {
    byte[] buf = new byte[8192];
    int n;
    while ((n = is.read(buf)) > 0) md.update(buf, 0, n);
}
String hash = HexFormat.of().formatHex(md.digest());
System.out.println("SHA-256: " + hash);

Comparando hashes com segurança

byte[] expected = computeHash(storedHash);
byte[] actual   = computeHash(inputPassword);
boolean match = MessageDigest.isEqual(expected, actual); // constant-time

Encadeando atualizações

MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
md.update("part1".getBytes());
md.update("part2".getBytes());
byte[] hash = md.digest(); // hash of "part1" + "part2"

Codificando hashes para armazenamento

byte[] hash = md.digest(data);
String base64 = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(hash); // 44 chars (with padding)
String hex    = HexFormat.of().formatHex(hash);           // 64 chars

DigestInputStream para leitura em fluxo

MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
try (DigestInputStream dis = new DigestInputStream(Files.newInputStream(path), md)) {
    dis.transferTo(OutputStream.nullOutputStream());
}
String hash = HexFormat.of().formatHex(md.digest());

Verificação rápida

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