7 Cryptography Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know

Cryptography is scary. In this tutorial, we get hands-on with Node.js to learn how common crypto concepts work, like hashing, encryption, signing, and more https://fireship.io/lessons/node-crypto-examples/ 🔗 Resources Full Tutorial https://fireship.io/lessons/node-crypto-examples/ Source Code https://github.com/fireship-io/node-crypto-examples Node Crypto https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html 📚 Chapters 00:00 What is Cryptography 00:52 Brief History of Cryptography 01:41 1. Hash 04:07 2. Salt 05:47 3. HMAC 06:35 4. Symmetric Encryption. 08:19 5. Keypairs 09:29 6. Asymmetric Encryption 10:22 7. Signing 11:31 Hacking Challenge 🔥 Get More Content - Upgrade to PRO Upgrade to Fireship PRO at https://fireship.io/pro Use code lORhwXd2 for 25% off your first payment. 🎨 My Editor Settings - Atom One Dark - vscode-icons - Fira Code Font 🔖 Topics Covered - Cryptography for Developers Basics - Crypto algorithms: SHA, MD5, argon2, scrypt - How password salt works - Encryption vs Signing - Difference between Asymmetric vs Symmetric Encryption - How hacking works and hacks are prevented