Re: SHA-1 support

In <20020217163550.80583.qmail@pb1.pair.com>, André NæSs wrote: > "Markus Fischer" <mfischer@guru.josefine.at> wrote in message > news:20020217160442.GA11686@guru.josefine.at... > >> I can see a possible point with a dedicated sha1() function, but I >> don't see one in saying that mhash() is badly documented (even if >> it was, it's very easy to find the right information within >> seconds). The later case would vindicate a documentation report. > > Hm. My bad, I seem to have read only the entry on mhash() after ending > up there through a search. A reference to Mhash from crc32() and md5() > would be nice though, just to tell people about other hashing functions. > Maybe there should also be a mention of the fact that MD5 is fairly easy > to crack? Who said that? Never heard of any claims, that md5 is insecure ... chregu