About MD5

MD5 (Message Digest 5) is a widely used cryptographic hash function that produces a 128-bit hash value. It was designed by Ronald Rivest in 1991 as an improvement over MD4. Although MD5 was once considered secure, it has since been found to have significant vulnerabilities, including the ability to generate collision attacks, making it unsuitable for cryptographic purposes.

Kljub varnostnim pomanjkljivostim se MD5 še vedno uporablja v nezaščitenih aplikacijah, kot so preverjanje integritete datotek, sistemi za preverjanje napak in starejši sistemi, kjer je potrebna združljivost. Pomembno je omeniti, da se MD5 ne sme uporabljati za aplikacije, ki zahtevajo močno varnost, kot sta zgoščevanje gesel ali digitalni podpisi.