Comment by NooneAtAll3
1 day ago
is the difference between MD5 and MD5crypt the same as between Java and Javascript or are they actually related somehow?
1 day ago
is the difference between MD5 and MD5crypt the same as between Java and Javascript or are they actually related somehow?
MD5crypt is a password hashing algorithm that uses the MD5 digest hashing algorithm. MD5crypt basically calls MD5 a bunch of times in order to make it computationally expensive.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt_(C)#MD5-based_scheme
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