Question

1. Using the ASCII chart as a guide, convert the following phrase to hexadecimal and then binary by using the table below:

Secure Text.

Please note that this sentence is case sensitive and that there is a space between the two words and a period after the second word. This hash function uses a block size of 8. The first line of this table is completed to provide an example of how it is done.

                        Hex            2⁷              2⁶              2⁵             2⁴             2³              2²             2¹             2⁰   

S	53	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
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XOR

2. Using the XOR function, compute the value for each column and enter it in the space provided.

3. Convert your hash value to hexadecimal and record it here: ___________________________

Answer 1