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is there any reason to use md5? (apart from backward compatibility etc.)
by lukasm 12y ago
is there any reason to use md5? (apart from backward compatibility etc.)
- rudolf0 12y agoIt doesn't really make a difference in a case like this. Though certainly not an ideal algorithm, the chance of a collision for something like this is low enough to never be a concern.
- akjsdfh 12y agocounterpoint: is there any reason not to use a stronger hash function? Why leave something dangerous lying around when /probably/ nothing is going to go wrong... until someone picks it up and decides to do something with it that was unexpected, when better alternatives abound?