Why is MD5 still used heavily?
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Mar 15, 20267958 viewsConfidence Score0%
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MD5 seems to have well documented vulnerabilities and yet it remains widespread in its usage. Does anyone have any reasons for it remaining a viable option when other alternatives (e.g. SHA-2) seem to be more robust?
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It's quick to generate, and often the fact that collisions are theoretically possible isn't a massive problem. i.e. checking whether a cached file has changed in order to avoid downloading a new copy. A quick benchmark done in 1996 shows the followi…
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