>... Consider MD2, MD4, and MD5 for starters.
A specific pointer to an MD5 description and/or code sample
Check out the internet drafts directory. I have included the MD5
announcement below.
Jim
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Subject: ID ACTION:draft-rsadsi-rivest-md5-01.txt
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 91 10:40:57 -0400
A Revised Internet Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
directories.
Title : The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
Author(s) : R. Rivest, S. Dusse
Filename : draft-rsadsi-rivest-md5-01.txt
This document describes the MD5 message-digest algorithm. The
algorithm takes as input an input message of arbitrary length and
produces as output a 128-bit "fingerprint" or "message digest" of the
input.
Internet-Drafts are available by anonymous FTP. Login with the
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