On Sun, 07 May 2000, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> If you don't feel secure about MD5 you can always use SHA1. In fact you
I've read that SHA1 (Secure Hash Algorithm) is preferred over MD5 for new
applications. MD5 should be used only if you need to maintain support for
applications which are already using it. SHA1 is 160 bits while MD5 is 128
bits of output.
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