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Old 11-29-2007, 01:04 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Of the methods shown, SHA1 is the only one I'd accept to perform a hash on non-critical data.
Are you saying SHA1 is insecure? And if so, based on what? I was under the impression that SHA1, like MD5, is irreversible. However, SHA1, again like MD5, is susceptible to methods such as rainbow tables and thus apart from their speed and length, are inseperable.
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