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Hash function speed comparison

I need to hash strings to a shorter checksum on a "BigData" heavy-throughput project. The common choice would be SHA, probably SHA1 for speed reasons or CRC32 as the checksums will be used internally only and don't need to be cryptographic secure. A StackExchange answer suggested MurmurHash3, but how does it play with Perl?

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When slower is better: Secure your passwords

It happend to PerlMonks, Sony and many others: A plain text password table was stolen from the database. Read this carefully to not become the next one on that list.

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