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		DanBC on Feb 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Horde backdoored MD5 hashing is known weak, and must not be used for security. MD5 hashing is currently used to give quick and simple check on transmission download errors, rather than malicious attacks.

exDM69 on Feb 15, 2012 [–]

That's why you should use SHA-hashes when you need cryptographic security.

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