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Slow? I thought md5 was faster than the SHA-* family
by Andys 12y ago
Slow? I thought md5 was faster than the SHA-* family
- WhitneyLand 12y agoYes, way faster. It would be great if it weren't for those pesky collisions.
- MagicWishMonkey 12y agoCollisions aren't a concern unless you're hashing trillions of records. It's not really a concern for the vast majority of software projects.
- vertex-four 12y agoCollisions are a concern if an attacker has any input into what you're hashing, and can therefore induce collisions. MD5 is broken in that there are real-world attacks by which an attacker can do so.