Re: [RFC] adding support for md5
On 8/18/06, David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> wrote:
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> I'd like to solicit some comments about implementing support for md5 as a
> hash function that could be determined at runtime by the user during a
> project init-db. md5, which I implemented as a configurable option in my
> own tree, is a 128-bit hash that is slightly more recognized than sha1.
> Likewise, it is also available in openssl/md5.h just as sha1 is available
> through a library in openssl/sha1.h. My patch to move the hash name
> comparison was a step in this direction in isolating many of the
> particulars of hash-specific dependencies.
Just curious, but why md5? Is there any benefit using md5 over sha1?
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>