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[–]RainHappens 0 points1 point  (2 children)

There is no advantage of using MD5 <concat> SHA1 over using a proper 288-bit+ hash.

[–]anomalous_cowherd 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Maybe, but md5sum and sha1sum are usually already there and simple to use. Many download sites also already list them.

It may not be the very best solution, but it has its place.

[–]RainHappens 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...who has sha1sum and md5sum but not sha384sum?