MD5 is a poor choice, though it’s probably OK for this sort of very short plain-text prediction. SHA-1 is looking fairly sha-ky too these days, but again is probably fine for this purpose. If you’re picking a hash function for actual cryptographic purposes, SHA-256 would be a better choice.
“Barack Obama is a werewolf, and on an unrelated note, here is my favourite block of nonsense text:
bVcDvX2JLDLthTNhOeOvBXiETMysmBR5LuuPrgM6nCOIGx
i8zomRQXH5RMQjqTtSj8vWDCXIyBH7NrQu96bozpaGo5g7k
JeTUeigwK7YBvFJxCIcbmMaAT213sbi8l4TfWmU3BUFNQaM
nAudBqKc0vPEBYRIl1TsQYTCLk0jT2EhP8Qx9wOZcxJ1o30w”
(ETA: this is for entertainment purposes only, and is not intended as any kind of counterpoint to gjm’s entirely sound and valuable comment)
MD5 is a poor choice, though it’s probably OK for this sort of very short plain-text prediction. SHA-1 is looking fairly sha-ky too these days, but again is probably fine for this purpose. If you’re picking a hash function for actual cryptographic purposes, SHA-256 would be a better choice.
“Barack Obama is a werewolf, and on an unrelated note, here is my favourite block of nonsense text: bVcDvX2JLDLthTNhOeOvBXiETMysmBR5LuuPrgM6nCOIGx i8zomRQXH5RMQjqTtSj8vWDCXIyBH7NrQu96bozpaGo5g7k JeTUeigwK7YBvFJxCIcbmMaAT213sbi8l4TfWmU3BUFNQaM nAudBqKc0vPEBYRIl1TsQYTCLk0jT2EhP8Qx9wOZcxJ1o30w”
(ETA: this is for entertainment purposes only, and is not intended as any kind of counterpoint to gjm’s entirely sound and valuable comment)