Comment on Poisonous MD5 – Wolves Among the SheepparentComments−andrew-lucker11yMD5 is good enough to prevent most random collisions. The problem is when you need to prevent intentional collisions.−innocenat11yAs a note, even CRC32 is enough to check most random collisions.−aylons11yI actually thought of using CRC32 when developing my first system, but I preferred MD5 because it would be easier and clearer for people to check file integrity in a *NIX command line.
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MD5 is good enough to prevent most random collisions. The problem is when you need to prevent intentional collisions.
As a note, even CRC32 is enough to check most random collisions.
I actually thought of using CRC32 when developing my first system, but I preferred MD5 because it would be easier and clearer for people to check file integrity in a *NIX command line.