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# Finding the hash type with hash-identifier

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1. Christophe

   Jul 11, 2020

   A quick way to check what kind of hash you're working with (like if it's an MD5 hash) that comes integrated in Kali (but you can install on other distributions) is *hash-identifier*.

   [![Hash-identifier in Kali](https://media.cybr.com/2020/07/hash-identifier.jpg)](https://media.cybr.com/2020/07/hash-identifier.jpg)

   [![Hash-identifier](https://media.cybr.com/2020/07/hash-identifier-hash.jpg)](https://media.cybr.com/2020/07/hash-identifier-hash.jpg)

   [![Identifying an MD5 hash](https://media.cybr.com/2020/07/hash-identifier-hash-identified.jpg)](https://media.cybr.com/2020/07/hash-identifier-hash-identified.jpg)

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