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MIVA® SECURITY: MD5 Message Digest (fingerprint) in Miva
- What Is MD5?
- Examples Of Use
- MD5 Miva Script Source
- Test It!
- Legal Disclaimer
- Useful links
- User Comments
What Is MD5?
MD5 was developed by Professor Ronald L. Rivest of MIT.
From the RFC 1818:
Examples Of Use
MD5 is a one-way encryption algorithm. It works in similar way as the Miva CRYPT operator, with the exception that it uses a more secure algorithm and it is not limited to strings with up to 8 characters of length. MD5 can generate secure checksums on data of any length.
MD5 was used for example in PGP in the digital signature process (but recently it is replaced with other hash algorythms, claimed to be more secure). Some payment gateways use MD5 to disable a man-in-the-middle attack when transferring data.
Some areas of use:
- Secure checksums
- Digital signatures and certificates
- Document verifications
- Secure logins
- Secure password transfer or stocking
MD5 Miva Script
The MD5 algorithm was ported to Miva by Petr Kutil in December 2000. He has used a JavaScript MD5 library from Paul Johnston as a template. I have rewritten it with an eye on performance and fixing some compatibility issues, in January 2001.
VIEW THE MIVA SOURCE HERE
Test It!
Legal Disclaimer (RSA's MD5 disclaimer)
Copyright (C) 1991-2, RSA Data Security, Inc. Created 1991. All rights reserved.
License to copy and use this software is granted provided that it is identified as the "RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm" in all material mentioning or referencing this software or this function.
License is also granted to make and use derivative works provided that such works are identified as "derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm" in all material mentioning or referencing the derived work.
RSA Data Security, Inc. makes no representations concerning either the merchantability of this software or the suitability of this software for any particular purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty of any kind.
These notices must be retained in any copies of any part of this documentation and/or software
Some Useful Links
What are MD2, MD4, and MD5?RFC 1321: The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
MD5 Homepage (unofficial)
RFC 1810: Report on MD5 Performance
RFC 1828: IP Authentication using Keyed MD5
RFC 1828: RIP-2 MD5 Authentication
Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5 Signature Option
Search the RFC Database
Discussion about MD5
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