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Re:BLAKE2: “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” Than MD5 by ftwinnovations on Friday March 21, 2014 @10:23PM (#7446907)
It sounds like you are referring to password hashing. Neither BLAKE nor MD5 should be used for password hashing. At the bottom of the article make sure to read his section "P.S. this isn't about hashing passwords"
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Re:BLAKE2: “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” Than MD5 by zooko on Saturday March 22, 2014 @12:26AM (#7447555)
You win a prize for reading to the end before posting!
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