Re: What is Checksum, CRC and MD5 hash???

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From: Tommy Petrogiannis
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 00:00

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>Hi,

>MD5 is a one-way cryptographic hash function developed by Ron Rivest
>(MD=message digest). It is used in the PEM (privacy enhanced mail)
>protocols for authentication. It works with input of arbitrary length
>and produces a 128 bit result.

Can anyone freely use MD5? Or is the algorithm covered by patent
and royalty payments to RSA?

Thanks in advance.

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Tommy Petrogiannis
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From: tommy@Fateepee.CAM.ORG (Tommy Petrogiannis)
Subject: Re: What is Checksum, CRC and MD5 hash???
Date: 1995/12/15
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