> I'm currently running a complete test on two different machines, on each of 
> the following:
> 
> NORMAL
> sha256
> sha512
> md5
> 
> Do you happen to know, are all of the above capable of detecting corrupt 
> files or single bit flips?  I would imagine md5 would be the quickest, but is 
> it enough protection?  I'm not trying to keep the NSA out, ha ha.

What is your NORMAL macro defined as? It probably has several hashes as well. 
One hash is really enough for what you need. Even md5 will do. There are known 
collisions for md5 but they are not going to happen by accident. 


Kind regards,

Richard
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