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MD5 is a cryptographically secure message digest algorithm. It takes an arbitrary-sized input - a byte array - and generates a fixed size output, called a ''digest'' or ''hash''. MD5 produces a 16 byte digest. | MD5 is a cryptographically secure message digest algorithm. It takes an arbitrary-sized input - a byte array - and generates a fixed size output, called a ''digest'' or ''hash''. MD5 produces a 16 byte digest. | ||
=Computing MD5= | |||
=OpenSSL= | =OpenSSL= | ||
An MD5 hash can be [[Openssl_Operations#Generate_an_MD5_Hash|generated with OpenSSL]]. | An MD5 hash can be [[Openssl_Operations#Generate_an_MD5_Hash|generated with OpenSSL]]. | ||
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Overview
MD5 is a cryptographically secure message digest algorithm. It takes an arbitrary-sized input - a byte array - and generates a fixed size output, called a digest or hash. MD5 produces a 16 byte digest.
Computing MD5
OpenSSL
An MD5 hash can be generated with OpenSSL.