Re:Single-block collision for MD5
by tptacek on Sunday January 29, 2012 @05:17PM
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Very well optimized CRC is significantly faster than MD5, but note that MD5 is very fast.
MD5 is also a poorer choice for UUID-type applications than the SHA-2 functions, which offer more flexibility in output size at not much cost in performance.
MD5 is also a poorer choice for UUID-type applications than the SHA-2 functions, which offer more flexibility in output size at not much cost in performance.