Re: MessageDigest Length

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Maarten Bodewes <maarten.bodewes@xs4all.nl> wrote:

> That's the worst advice I've seen for years. The strength is in the 
> algorithm mostly, not in the length of the value that you use.

No matter what algorithm you use, a single bit digest won't be very secure.

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