Re: MD5 or SHA code

Enzo Michelangeli (em@who.net)
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:53:24 +0800

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A reference implementation of MD-5, authored by Ron Rivest, is included in
RFC1321 http://info.internet.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc1321.txt and is
freely useable, as long as credit is given to RSADSI. However, it contains a
typo: see e.g.
http://www.alcrypto.co.uk/cryptocd/source/hashes/md5/c/ellis/Readme.txt .

By the way, at http://www.alcrypto.co.uk/cryptocd/source/hashes/ you'll find
many implementations in several languages of most hashes.

Enzo

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel R. Oelke <Dan.Oelke@aud.alcatel.com>
To: CodherPlunks@toad.com <CodherPlunks@toad.com>
Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 5:14 PM
Subject: MD5 or SHA code

>
>Ok, I have the crypto2.0 and crypto2.3 libraries, but am having a
>hard time extracting *just* the MD5 or SHA code from it. I need
>to use this in a system where a C++ compiler isn't available,
>and memory is very tight.
>
>I'm also not sure of they copyright status - I can use the library,
>but if I take out just that code, am I still covered by the
>usage of the library, or do I have to get specific permission
>from those authors, even through they gave permission for use
>in the library. In other words, by giving permission to use
>in the library have the original authors rights been over-ridden by
>the use restrictions of the library as a whole?
>
>In any case - can someone point me to an MD5 or SHA implementation
>in straight C (or c++ without all the extra buffer mgmt stuff)
>that could be used in a commercial application?
>
>Thanks,
>Dan
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