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Re: Why applying MD5 hash twice?by zakzebrowski (Curate) |
on Sep 09, 2003 at 20:03 UTC ( [id://290152]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Unknown, but where I work, it has been deemed 'a standard algorithim', so I use it... Also, (as an aside), be sure to first check to see if the file is readable, because otherwise you'll get the md5 hash for null (d41d8c...). Also, a file with a content length of 0 will have the same hash...
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