There is a speed vs security issue here. It's not that important for these crypto techniques to be unbreakable, it just needs to be hard enough to make sure no one bothers messing with a bunch of files. This is why MD4 is such a good hash to use. It's quick and reasonably secure.
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There is a speed vs security issue here. It's not that important for these crypto techniques to be unbreakable, it just needs to be hard enough to make sure no one bothers messing with a bunch of files. This is why MD4 is such a good hash to use. It's quick and reasonably secure.