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by sjustinas 4548 days ago
What's the deal with MD5 (both for signatures and password hashing)?
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elrodeo 4548 days ago
Spam/flood protection.
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stuff4ben 4548 days ago
I think it was more of a question of why md5 versus something a bit stronger like sha256?
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sajithdilshan 4547 days ago
So that it would be easier for the NSA to crack it?
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