Search RFCs

RFC Editor

File formats:

Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Updated by:

RFC 6151

Author:

R. Rivest

Stream:

IETF

Source:

pem (sec)

Cite this RFC:TXT  | XML  |  BibTeX

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC1321

Discuss this RFC: Send questions or comments to the mailing listiesg@ietf.org

Other actions:View Errata  | Submit Errata  | Find IPR Disclosures from the IETF  | View History of RFC 1321

Abstract

This document describes the MD5 message-digest algorithm. The algorithm takes as input a message of arbitrary length and produces as output a 128-bit "fingerprint" or "message digest" of the input. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.