note 41541 added to function.crc32
| From: | arachnid at notdot dot net | Date: | Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:44:12 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 41541 added to function.crc32 | ||
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Note that the CRC32 algorithm should NOT be used for cryptographic purposes, or in situations where
a hostile/untrusted user is involved, as it is far too easy to generate a hash collision for CRC32
(two different binary strings that have the same CRC32 hash). Instead consider SHA-1 or MD5.
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