What kind of hash algorithm is used for Hive's built-in HASH() Function

Question

What kind of hashing algorithm is used in the built-in HASH() function?

I\'m ideally looking for a SHA512/SHA256 hash, similar to what the SHA() function offers with

Answer 1

As of Hive 2.1.0 there is a mask_hash function that will hash string values.

For Hive 2.x it uses md5 as the hashing algorithm. This was changed to sha256 for Hive 3.x