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KFDave · 10-08-2005, 07:22 PM

I do a computer security course at university and have been informed that the MD5 hashing algorithm is indeed not secure. It is highly unlikely but a hash can occour which is exactly the same as another. Long story short the algorithm is flawed.... but its very very unlikely to happen and as yet there is no substitute (which works better) for md5 which is the standarrd used in the majority of modern authentication systems.

10-08-2005, 07:22 PM	#7
KFDave Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6	I do a computer security course at university and have been informed that the MD5 hashing algorithm is indeed not secure. It is highly unlikely but a hash can occour which is exactly the same as another. Long story short the algorithm is flawed.... but its very very unlikely to happen and as yet there is no substitute (which works better) for md5 which is the standarrd used in the majority of modern authentication systems.