RFC 1321

The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, April 1992

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Status:
INFORMATIONAL
Updated by:
RFC 6151
Author:
R. Rivest
Stream:
IETF
Source:
pem (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC1321

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Abstract

This document describes the MD5 message-digest algorithm. The algorithm takes as input a message of arbitrary length and produces as output a 128-bit "fingerprint" or "message digest" of the input. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard.


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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