Re: Question about MD5 and SHA1 hasing algorithms

From: David Lindgren (david.lindgren_at_hogia.se.REMOVE!)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:33:10 +0100

Then it's very likely wrongly implemented. Could you give a simple example
on how to produce the MD5 hash of a simple string of varied length?

Thanks for helping out.

/David.

"Hernan de Lahitte" <hernan@lagash.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:uGlJZ7U9DHA.268@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> This sound like an implementation misuse. The behavior described is
> completely opposite to the hash definition
> (http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/faq/3-6-6.html and
> http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/faq/3-6-5.html).
> If you have the code that shows what you described, perhaps I could help
you
> more.
>
> Hernan dL
>
>
> "David Lindgren" <david.lindgren@hogia.se.REMOVE!> wrote in message
> news:ufe8gVS9DHA.632@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Hello!
> >
> > I have recently started to play a bit with MD5 and SHA1 hashing and
> > discovered one thing. The length of the hash key varies quite a lot
> > depending in input. Even if input is a fixed length it varies. How come?
> > Also, if anyone know of a good MD5 "Documentation" webpage, please post
it
> > here. Thank you.
> >
> > /David.
> >
> >
>
>

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