[fw-wiz] MD5 x SHA-1

From: Roberto Joćo Lopes Garcia (roberto@mha.com.br)
Date: 12/06/02 

To: firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com
From: Roberto Joćo Lopes Garcia <roberto@mha.com.br>
Date: Fri Dec  6 17:28:01 2002

Hi

I need to know which is better as a file hash, that is, to see if a file was modified

MD5 or SHA-1

Can some one, please, point me to some information

Thank you

Roberto

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