Which is more secure: MD5 or CRC-32 ?

GigaCluster

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In your opinion, which of these hash signatures (not sure what their official name is) is more secure?

Thanks.
 

spanky

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hmm...i dunno anything about this topic, but being that there are only two choices...i have a 50/50 chance of getting it right :p
 

charrison

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crc-32 has nothing to do with security. It can detect 99.9% of all single bit errors that might occur in a transmission.
 

SendTrash

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hmmm these aren't encrption methods.... these are one way hashes right? they are used to check data correctness....