On 09/21/2016 01:01 AM, alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Don't use MD5. You will get unintentional file collisions. (SHA-256 is > good. It depends on just how much you are comparing.) MD5 unintentional collisions? It is 128 bit, so you will have a collision after about 2^64 files, according to the birthday theorem. -- Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
