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Old 05-29-2007, 06:23 PM
OPHIOPHAGUS_HANNAH OPHIOPHAGUS_HANNAH is offline
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Default What is an MD5?
Hi. I am new. And I don't know a thing about hacking, and this seemed like the nicest group of people that hack. I didn't want to post on some forums with mean hackers. So anyway, ever since I got into bittorrents, and reading around on these forums, I hear a lot about checking MD5's before downloading files and stuff, and I see MD5's listed on all bittorrent programs. So I was wondering what is an MD5? Please explain it in as much detail as you can, but not so much that a newb couldn't understand. Thanks in advance.
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Old 05-30-2007, 01:35 AM
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Quick Answer: MD5 is a 32 character hexadecimal value used for integrity.

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5
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