Randell D. wrote:
> md5 over sha1 or versa vicea... I know md5 gives me a unique 32bit hash
> while sha1 I've read is 'secure' (?) and gives a 40bit hash... Since The

Basically there is just less chance of two strings ending up with the same
hash value (a "collision"). The more "collisions" a hash algorithm has the
less useful it becomes.

This
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=md...psi.net&rnum=5
might be of interest.

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