Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 07:58:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Clapper <bmc@WillsCreek.COM> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Interested in how MD5 passwords work Message-ID: <199709251158.HAA01649@current.willscreek.com> In-Reply-To: <129049693@toto.iv>
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Matt Behrens wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am interested in researching exactly how the MD5 password encryption
> method works. Could someone point out to me just where in the source this
> is performed? Or (better yet) give a description? :)
(current) ~ > man md5
MD5(1) MD5(1)
NAME
md5 - calculate a message-digest fingerprint (checksum)
for a file
[ yadda yadda yadda ]
SEE ALSO
cksum(1)
RFC 1321 describes in detail the MD2, MD4, and MD5 mes-
sage-digest algorithms.
RFC 1321 can be found here, among other places:
http://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1321.txt
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