"James Sleeman" <james@seeMessageForDomain.moc> wrote in message
news:M7RKa.1519$9f7.96988@news02.tsnz.net...
> 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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> James Sleeman
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Cheers for that...