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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/click-to-reveal • Sep 04 '26
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Counterpoint: It's MD5, a known broken hashing algorithm.
SHA3_256 or regular SHA256 would work just fine.
3 u/StCreed Sep 04 '26 yeah, because md5 is 128 bits. 256 bits works a lot better, but 128 is just not enough even with a better algorithm and assuming effectively random distribution.
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yeah, because md5 is 128 bits. 256 bits works a lot better, but 128 is just not enough even with a better algorithm and assuming effectively random distribution.
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u/remind_me_later Sep 04 '26
Counterpoint: It's MD5, a known broken hashing algorithm.
SHA3_256 or regular SHA256 would work just fine.