Top "Hash-collision" questions

a situation that occurs when two distinct pieces of data have the same hash value, checksum, fingerprint, or cryptographic digest.

How would Git handle a SHA-1 collision on a blob?

This probably never happened in the real-world yet, and may never happen, but let's consider this: say you have a …

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Can two different strings generate the same MD5 hash code?

For each of our binary assets we generate a MD5 hash. This is used to check whether a certain binary …

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Hash collision in git

What would actually happen if I had a hash collision while using git? E.g. I manage to commit two …

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hash function in Python 3.3 returns different results between sessions

I've implemented a BloomFilter in python 3.3, and got different results every session. Drilling down this weird behavior got me to …

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Examples of Hash-Collisions?

For demonstration-purposes, what are a couple examples of strings that collide when hashed? MD5 is a relatively standard hashing-option, so …

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What's the shortest pair of strings that causes an MD5 collision?

Up to what string length is it possible to use MD5 as a hash without having to worry about the …

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What is the clash rate for md5?

What's the probability for the clash for the md5 algorithm? I believe it is extremely low.

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What Exactly is Hash Collision

Hash Collision or Hashing Collision in HashMap is not a new topic and I've come across several blogs and discussion …

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What are the chances that two messages have the same MD5 digest and the same SHA1 digest?

Given two different messages, A and B (maybe 20-80 characters of text, if size matters at all), what is the …

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How do I properly calculate the load factor of a hash table that uses separate chaining?

I'm working with hash tables that use separate chaining as a collision resolution technique. I do know that the general …

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