SHA-256 or MD5 for file integrity
问题 I know that SHA-256 is favored over MD5 for security, etc., but, if I am to use a method to only check file integrity (that is, nothing to do with password encryption, etc.), is there any advantage of using SHA-256? Since MD5 is 128-bit and SHA-256 is 256-bit (therefore twice as big)... Would it take up to twice as long to encrypt? Where time is not of essence, like in a backup program, and file integrity is all that is needed, would anyone argue against MD5 for a different algorithm, or even