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Wildhoney · 11-28-2007, 02:59 AM

Why is MD5 so slow in comparison to SHA1? Being a shorter hash I'd have expected it to have been somewhat faster. Armed with the fact that both SHA1 and MD5 are irreversible, does it not seem logical to suggest that MD5 is technically worse than SHA1?

11-28-2007, 02:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
Wildhoney La Vida es Sueño Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oldham Posts: 2,280 Thanks: 90	Why is MD5 so slow in comparison to SHA1? Being a shorter hash I'd have expected it to have been somewhat faster. Armed with the fact that both SHA1 and MD5 are irreversible, does it not seem logical to suggest that MD5 is technically worse than SHA1? __________________ The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out.