class

Digest::MD5

Inherits OpenSSL::Digest / Digest / Reference / Object

Implements the MD5 digest algorithm.

NOTE: To use MD5, you must explicitly import it with require "digest/md5"

WARNING: MD5 is no longer a cryptographically secure hash, and should not be used in security-related components, like password hashing. For passwords, see Crypto::Bcrypt::Password. For a generic cryptographic hash, use SHA-256 via Digest::SHA256.

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Instance methods

dup

Returns a shallow copy of this object.

This allocates a new object and copies the contents of self into it.

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