diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store index 3790c03b..f0967e68 100644 Binary files a/.DS_Store and b/.DS_Store differ diff --git a/M/MD5-hashing/README.md b/M/MD5-hashing/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ccab19ef --- /dev/null +++ b/M/MD5-hashing/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# Computes the MD5 hash of a given string using the MD5 algorithm. + +# The MD5 algorithm is a widely used cryptographic hash function that produces a 128-bit hash value. + +# It is commonly used for verifying data integrity and detecting tampering in digital signatures, message authentication codes, and other applications. + +# This implementation uses the hashlib library in Python to compute the MD5 hash of the input string. + +# For more information on the MD5 algorithm, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5. + +# To run this script, run the following command in a terminal: + +# python hashing.py + +# The output of this script should look like this: + +# The MD5 hash of "Hello World" is: ed076287532e86365e841e92bfc50d8c