COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -The MD4/MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm is a hash-based cryptographic function. It takes a message of arbitrary length as its input and produces a 128-bit digest. Both MD4 and MD5 have a padding and appending process before digest the message of arbitrary length. The difference between MD4 and MD5 is the digest process.

Detailed explanation-2: -The MD4 Message-Digest Algorithm is a cryptographic hash function developed by Ronald Rivest in 1990. The digest length is 128 bits. The algorithm has influenced later designs, such as the MD5, SHA-1 and RIPEMD algorithms. The initialism “MD” stands for “Message Digest".

Detailed explanation-3: -The MD5 (message-digest algorithm) hashing algorithm is a one-way cryptographic function that accepts a message of any length as input and returns as output a fixed-length digest value to be used for authenticating the original message.

Detailed explanation-4: -All three algorithms take a message of arbitrary length and produce a 128-bit message digest. While the structures of these algorithms are somewhat similar, the design of MD2 is quite different from that of MD4 and MD5. MD2 was optimized for 8-bit machines, whereas MD4 and MD5 were aimed at 32-bit machines.

Detailed explanation-5: -MD2, MD4, and MD5 are message-digest algorithms developed by Rivest. They are meant for digital signature applications where a large message has to be “compressed” in a secure manner before being signed with the private key. All three algorithms take a message of arbitrary length and produce a 128-bit message digest.