diff --git a/src/kademlia/util/hashing/HashCalculator.java b/src/kademlia/util/hashing/HashCalculator.java
index e94b196..0076cd0 100644
--- a/src/kademlia/util/hashing/HashCalculator.java
+++ b/src/kademlia/util/hashing/HashCalculator.java
@@ -33,6 +33,28 @@ public class HashCalculator
         return md.digest();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Computes the SHA-1 Hash using a Salt.
+     *
+     * @param toHash The string to hash
+     * @param salt   A salt used to blind the hash
+     *
+     * @return byte[20] The hashed string
+     *
+     * @throws java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException
+     */
+    public static byte[] sha1Hash(String toHash, String salt) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
+    {
+        /* Create a MessageDigest */
+        MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1");
+
+        /* Add password bytes to digest */
+        md.update(toHash.getBytes());
+
+        /* Get the hashed bytes */
+        return md.digest(salt.getBytes());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Computes the MD5 Hash.
      *
@@ -42,7 +64,7 @@ public class HashCalculator
      *
      * @throws java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException
      */
-    public byte[] md5Hash(String toHash) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
+    public static byte[] md5Hash(String toHash) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
     {
         /* Create a MessageDigest */
         MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
@@ -53,4 +75,26 @@ public class HashCalculator
         /* Get the hashed bytes */
         return md.digest();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Computes the MD5 Hash using a salt.
+     *
+     * @param toHash The string to hash
+     * @param salt   A salt used to blind the hash
+     *
+     * @return byte[16] The hashed string
+     *
+     * @throws java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException
+     */
+    public static byte[] md5Hash(String toHash, String salt) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
+    {
+        /* Create a MessageDigest */
+        MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
+
+        /* Add password bytes to digest */
+        md.update(toHash.getBytes());
+
+        /* Get the hashed bytes */
+        return md.digest(salt.getBytes());
+    }
 }