3 ms·Why use hashing when you only need checksumming?by iso-8859-1 14y agoWhy use hashing when you only need checksumming?felixge 14y agoDepending on the use case, man in the middle attacks could be a good reason for hashing.Filligree 14y agoA man in the middle could just as easily change the hash header, and MD5 isn't cryptographically secure anyway. It is still a very good checksum.