A quick article on MD5
A quick article on MD5
ghost | 9625 Reads | As soon as I have more time, I'll expand this article.
MD5 stands for Message-Digest Algorithm 5, and is a widely-used encryption method. MD5 was considered impossible to crack, however, as most people will tell you, no encryption method is impossible to crack. If you are interested in cracking a MD5 hash, this article will explain how to do it. 'http://www.hellboundhackers.org/readarticle.php?article_id=244'. MD5 hashes are also used as a "digital signature" because if anything is changed, including case, the hash will be completely different. Here are three examples (notice the case difference);
HellBound Hackers: 1e2840f706658ccdde6fdf60cbee9487 Hellbound Hackers: 89b9bf038fff9b30f8b136ce737273eb The hash of a zero length file: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
AldarHawk 17 years ago
Well written. no content what so ever though. nothing on HOW to crack it, where is it used or even HOW to get the hash output. a little more detail is needed I think
ghost 17 years ago
Not really an article… Just a vague description of the MD5 message digest with a few example hashes.
n3w7yp3 17 years ago
That was pretty pointless…. BTW, its possible to make 2 files have the same MD5 checksum now.
ghost 17 years ago
This seems more like a response to a question than an article, if I'm being honest. (Sorry)
ghost 17 years ago
Haha - Want to remove it? It's not that bad..; just a bit short. You could explain which programs are used to get/crack the hashes (give some sites) and tell about how you could crack best (which options etc.)
Rated it… Good :D
korg 17 years ago
Another bad article no info no content. Sesame street definition of md hash. Admin's look at these things! Even list a better article in it.
ghost 17 years ago
Lol, a much better way would actually to EXPLAIN the bloody algorithm. My mom knows this much about MD5. =/
ghost 17 years ago
yeah.. you should talk a little more about RSA … MD5 and RSA are one step closer than you might think ;)
Nubzzz 17 years ago
Thank you for linking to my article but I agree with the rest of them. It is very short and doesnt really explain what a MD5 hash is or how it is created or anything. BUT you can always edit it to include more information so I suggest you do that.