many iterations on a hash: doesn't it reduces entropy?
问题 I see this technique recommended in many places (including stack), and i can't get out of my head that this would reduce entropy! After all, you are hashing something again, that has already been hashed and has a collision chance. Wouldn't collision chance over collision chance results in more collision chances? After researching, it seems I'm wrong, but why? 回答1: Since you tagged md5, I'll use that as an example. From wikipedia: if two prefixes with the same hash can be constructed, a common