What is MD5 ?
MD5 stands for 'Message Digest algorithm 5'. MD5 algorithm is used as a cryptographic hash function or a file fingerprint. Often used to encrypt password in databse, MD5 can also generate a fingerprint file to ensure that a file is the same after a transfer for example. A MD5 hash is composed of 32 hexadecimal characters. Enter a word in the MD5 encrypter form above to know the corresponding MD5 hash. What is a MD5 hash? MD5 (Message Digest algorithm, 5th version) is an algorithm which converts a given sequence of characters into another unique sequence of characters, with a fixed length, called "hash". For instance, the MD5 hash of the word "admin" is "21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3". These hashes are mostly used to validate file integrity, to encrypt sensitive data (like passwords), and to generate unique identifiers. Is it secure? MD5 hashes are theoretically impossible to reverse directly, ie, it is not possible to retrieve the or...