MD5的全称是Message-digest Algorithm 5（信息-摘要算法），用于确保信息传输完整一致。在90年代初由MIT Laboratory for Computer Science和RSA Data Security Inc,的Ronald L. Rivest开发出来，经MD2、MD3和MD4发展而来。它的作用是让大容量信息在用数字签名软件签署私人密钥前被"压缩"成一种保密的格式（就是把一个任意长度的字节串变换成一定长的大整数）。不管是MD2、MD4还是MD5，它们都需要获得一
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