There were a good number of responses to yesterday's post that correctly provided the what…
Weblog Reader Ville was one of some that also provided the why. The answer is really simple, right? d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e = 0 byte MD5 hash da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 = 0 byte SHA1 hash Both appear not only in numerous tutorials on the web concerning these two hashing algorithms, but also, and more importantly, in places where these hash functions are used for file integrity. Since an empty file will result in these hashes, any place that lists hashes for files will often feature these two particular strings. Thus, while being a seemingly random string of letters, their appearance on the web is common due to these two popular hashing algorithms.
We'll be sending Ville, and a few other randomly selected responses, a set of our laptop stickers.
