Thread: MD5 or SHA1?
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Old 02-11-2008, 07:29 PM   #6 (permalink)
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About MD5;

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
In 2004, more serious flaws were discovered making further use of the algorithm for security purposes questionable.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The use of MD5 in some websites' URLs means that Google can also sometimes function as a limited tool for reverse lookup of MD5 hashes.[12] This technique is rendered ineffective by the use of a salt.
Therefor I choose SHA1 to encode my strings with. I think RobertK quoted it quite well.

MD5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salt (cryptography) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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