OstermillerUtils
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MD5

MD5 is a cryptographic one way hash algorithm. These classes compute MD5 for Java Strings, byte arrays, or streams. MD5 is now considered a weak algorithm. New applications should consider more secure one way hashes.

This class takes as input a message of arbitrary length and produces as output a 128-bit "fingerprint" or "message digest" of the input. It is conjectured that it is computationally infeasible to produce two messages having the same message digest, or to produce any message having a given pre-specified target message digest. The MD5 algorithm is intended for digital signature applications, where a large file must be "compressed" in a secure manner before being encrypted with a private (secret) key under a public-key cryptosystem such as RSA.

This class is based on work by Santeri Paavolainen. and RFC1321. This implementation is several times faster and much more memory efficient than Santeri's implementation.

Example

System.out.println(
    MD5.getHashString(
        "Hello World"
    )
);

MD5 Input Stream

A filtered input stream that computes an MD5 sum for anything read.

Example

// Print the MD5 hash for a line
// read from standard input
MD5InputStream in = new MD5InputStream(System.in);
int b;
while ((b = in.read()) != -1 && b != '\r' && b != '\n');
System.out.println(in.getHashString());

MD5 Output Stream

A filtered output stream that computes an MD5 sum for anything written.

Example

// Write out hello world
// and print its MD5 hash
MD5OutputStream out = new MD5OutputStream(System.out);
out.write("Hello World\n".getBytes());
System.out.println(out.getHashString());

Security Alert

The MD5 class had a bug in version 1.02.23 and earlier that miscalculated MD5 sums for inputs of certain odd byte lengths. Please consider the implications for your application and upgrade to the most recent version.