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Web Application Security Fundamentals
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Data hashing will
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Ensure that the data has not been tampered with
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Data hashing creates a fixed-size signature from input data using a cryptographic hash function. Any change to the original data produces a completely different hash value, making tampering detectable. Hashing does not validate sessions or user identity - those are separate authentication mechanisms.