http://www.lyranthe.org/diary/2005/06/10/md5-seriously-broken-welcome-to-the-old-news-segment/ Musings about technology, Irish events, and other miscellaneous stuff. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:14:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.lyranthe.org/diary/2005/06/10/md5-seriously-broken-welcome-to-the-old-news-segment/#comment-340 Aidan Kehoe Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:56:11 +0000 http://www.lyranthe.org/diary/2005/06/10/md5-seriously-broken-welcome-to-the-old-news-segment/#comment-340 Of course, it remains fine as a hash for many purposes--caches, or for authentication of passwords when combined with a decent salt, for example; shame, though. It was nice that for such a long time one of the most widely-used hash functions was also cryptographically strong. Of course, it remains fine as a hash for many purposes–caches, or for authentication of passwords when combined with a decent salt, for example; shame, though. It was nice that for such a long time one of the most widely-used hash functions was also cryptographically strong.

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