But look at what happened when MD5 was broken. Did everyone move swiftly away from MD5? Well no, it still turns up daily even in new developments[1]. Library m

But look at what happened when MD5 was broken. Did everyone move swiftly away from MD5? Well no, it still turns up daily even in new developments[1]. Library maintainers value compatibility over security, so would rather continue to include a broken hash function than remove it and break applications. [1] http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=newest&q=md5 http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=newest&q=md5