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hashit is a simple method for making secure codes out of plain text. It uses sha-1 and crypto to make things hopefully secure. #Usage
var hashit = require('hashit');
hashit('somepassword', 'yoursecretcode'); //returns a hashed string
FAQs
A simple hashing method for passwords, codes and secret things
The npm package hashit receives a total of 4 weekly downloads. As such, hashit popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that hashit demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 27 Apr 2013
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