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The Hash KitUser Manual


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General Information 1

Contents

General Information..................................................................................................................... 2

Software website overview..................................................................................................... 2

Organisation of the manual.................................................................................................... 3

Authorised Use Permission.................................................................................................... 3

Contingencies........................................................................................................................... 3

Points of contact....................................................................................................................... 3

Prerequisites................................................................................................................................. 4

System configuration............................................................................................................... 4

Getting Started.............................................................................................................................. 5

Signing in................................................................................................................................... 6

Register...................................................................................................................................... 7

Using The Hash Kit...................................................................................................................... 8

Overview (Users)...................................................................................................................... 8

Begin a Test.............................................................................................................................. 9

Basic hashing........................................................................................................................ 9

Compute and Compare..................................................................................................... 11

My Test Result........................................................................................................................ 12

Overview (Admin)................................................................................................................... 13

Create a new user.............................................................................................................. 14View an user....................................................................................................................... 15

Edit an user......................................................................................................................... 15

Delete an user..................................................................................................................... 16

FAQ.............................................................................................................................................. 17

Login help................................................................................................................................ 17

Process help........................................................................................................................... 18

Other topics help.................................................................................................................... 18


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General Information

This section explains in general terms the website and the purpose for which it is intended.

Software websi te overviewThe new hash kit website has been developed on the basis of research carried out by the

members of the DSS-14-S1-12 project team (The Hash Kit Team) during the final year project

into the needs of the cryptographic sector.

Our new website provides all the functionality of the current available hash kits and additional

features such as:

Input plaintext or upload a file into the websites application.

Compute collision, pre-image and 2nd pre-image resistance

Output the results such as collision rate and give the option to save output as text file.

Allow you to sign up, login in and use the available web applications such as doing

comparison between hash functions.

Notifications will be sent to your email once the hash functions have produced results


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Organisat ion of th e manualThe users manual consists of five sections: Introduction, Prerequisites, Getting Started,Using

hash web application and FAQ.

The introduction section explains in general terms the website and the purpose for which it is

intended, user access levels and the web applications behaviour during the entire process.

Prerequisites section provides an outline of the uses of the systems hardware and web

browsers requirements and configuration.

Getting started section provides the details of how to access the website and briefly explains on

the web applications user interfaces.

Using Hash Kit section explains a detailed description of the web application functions.

FAQ section presents the common questions asked by users and possible solutions.

The manual explains the ways in which to use site in order to get the most out of our resources.

Autho r ised Use PermissionOnly registered users and administrators can access all available resources on their user

account in the website.

Cont ingenciesIn case of any lost or interrupted connection between the server and the user, the server will

continue to do itsprocessing and the user should be able to return their initial screen when

they are waiting for the process to be done. Once the processing is done, the result data will be

stored in the users account.

Points of contactFor additional information, please contact The Hash Kit team at [email protected]


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Prerequisites 4

Prerequisites

Prerequisites section provides an outline of the uses of the systems hardware and web

browsers requirements and configuration, and the web applications behaviour during the

entire process.

System con f igurationThe system must be connected to the internet at all times in order to view results and other

resources or do the processing from the users input. Once it is connected to the internet, then

the hash kit website is accessible via current web browsers: Internet Explorer (pre-installed on

any Microsoft operating system), Google Chrome, Apple Safari (pre-installed on most

Macintosh computer systems), Mozilla Firefox, Opera and maybe others. It also can be accessed

on the mobile platform browsers such as android browsers.

As for the required settings for all web browsers, the web browser must be given permission by

the user to run scripts, add-ons and plugins such JavaScript. Additional information will be

provided in the getting started section.


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Getting Started 5

Getting StartedThis section provides the details of how to access the website and briefly explains on The Hash

Kits user interfaces.

Signing up to The Hash Kit account is mandatory.

1:Sign in to your Hash Kit account .. pg6

2:Register a Hash Kit account .. pg7

3:Brings you back to the home page

4:Brings you to the project development blog

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Getting Started 6

Signing in

Log in to your account here. You will only give 3 attempts to login successfully. If you fail to

login successfully after 3 tries, your account will be locked.


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Getting Started 7

Register

It is mandatory to have a Hash Kit account before you can start using the applications. Register

your account here. You should enter a valid email account in the Email field.

Here are the requirements of password:

- The use of both uppercase and lowercase letters (case sensitivity)

- Inclusion of one or more numerical digits

- Inclusion of special characters, e.g. @, #, &, $ etc.

- At least 8 characters


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Using The Hash Kit 8

Using The Hash Kit

To start using The Hash Kit, you can choose one of the links from the quick link bar

Overview (Users)

You will be greeted with a welcome page which consists of links for you to choose from.

1:Brings you back to the home page

2:Start a test to do basic hashing or computations .. pg7, 8

3:View your past test results .. pg9

4:Brings you to the project development blog

5:Log out of your Hash Kit account

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Begin a Test

1:Does basic hashing with a selection of hashing algorithm

2:Compare between a selection of hashing algorithm with information such as collision

resistance, pre-image resistance, etc.

Basic hashing

This function hashes plaintext provided by the user into message digest

Selection of hash algorithms available, multiple selections is accepted.

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You can enter plaintext manually or upload a file (.txt).

You will be given an option to save your result to text file.

Enter your plaintext

here

Or upload your own

text file

Save your result to

your PC


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Compute and Compare

Inputs for Compute and Compare will be the same as basic hashing except the inclusion of

email notification selection

Your hash result will be different from basic hashings hash result.

Tick this option and the system

will Email you once your result is

ready

Included analysis of your hash

result, whether is your hash

value common in your selected

algorithm

Included comparison of chosen

hash algorithm between these

properties


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My Test Resul t

Shows a list of your past test results

Click on this button to see the

details of your hash result


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Overview (Adm in)

An admin can start a test like any other registered users. They have additional abilities to create,

read, update, and delete users.

Select this option to go to the

administrative panel


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The administrative panel

1:Creates a new user

2:View an user

3:Edit an user

4:Delete an user

5:Search for an user (using Email address)

Create a new user

All fields are mandatory

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View an user

Edit an user


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Delete an user


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FAQ 17

FAQ

FAQ section presents the common questions asked by users and possible solutions.

Log in helpWhat are the requirements for passwords on Hash Kit account?

Here are the requirements of password:

- The use of both uppercase and lowercase letters (case sensitivity)

- Inclusion of one or more numerical digits

- Inclusion of special characters, e.g. @, #, &, $ etc.

- At least 8 characters

How do I change my password?

You can find a change password button in your profile and this will change your password

with immediate effects and an email will be sent to your email upon confirmation.

I cant remember my password, what should I do?

Click on the forget password link at the login page, an email will be sent to you to assist on

resetting your password.

Can I access the web application without logging in?

A Hash Kit account is mandatory for the usage of this application.

I haven't received the reset email in my mailbox, what should I do next?

Please wait for few minutes for the server to process the email and check your spam mail. If the

email still did not arrive, you can contact the administrator ([email protected])for

further assistance.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Process help

What happens if I unexpectedly/accidently close the browser?

You will have to restart the browser and try to run the application again.

If my browser hangs when the processing is still been carried out, what should I do next?

You will have to restart the browser and try to run the application again.

After the process is done, I cannot see the result screen and what should I do next?

Check your internet connection. You can refresh the page by pressing the refresh button on the

web browser and wait for it to load. If it still does not work, please contact the administrator

([email protected])for further assistance.

Other topics helpI cant see anything on the website, what should i do?

Check your internet connection. You can refresh the page by pressing the refresh button on the

web browser and wait for it to load. If it still does not work, please contact the administrator


If I have selected the choice of emailing result to my email account and I did not receive it,

what should I do next?

Please wait for few minutes for the server to process the email and check your spam mail. If the

email still did not arrive, you can contact the administrator ([email protected])for

further assistance.

If I received any 404 error page in anytime during the visit of the website, what should I do

next?

Check your internet connection. You can refresh the page by pressing the refresh button on theweb browser and wait for it to load. If it still does not work, please contact the administrator

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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