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> The cost of an MD5 cycle is basically zero. Zero times a thousand is still zero. Zero times a million is zero. I don't think you have any clue what you're ta
by olegkikin 9y ago
> The cost of an MD5 cycle is basically zero. Zero times a thousand is still zero. Zero times a million is zero.
I don't think you have any clue what you're talking about. Do a million sequential rounds of MD5 on your CPU and measure how long it takes. I guarantee you, it's not zero. Not even close.
- astrodust 9y agoGPU accelerated MD5 is a thing and I assure you it's a lot closer to zero than you'd think. High-end FPGAs can smash through SHA1 at rates of billions per second and MD5 is not even that complicated. A million rounds is not as hard as Bcrypt cranked up to a sufficiently robust level.