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Bug#788931: marked as done (RFP: libdigest-md5-perl -- Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm)

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and subject line Re: Bug#788931: RFP: libdigest-md5-perl - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
has caused the Debian Bug report #788931,
regarding RFP: libdigest-md5-perl -- Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
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Package: libdigest-md5-perl
Severity: wishlist

The Digest::MD5 module allows you to use the RSA Data Security Inc. MD5 Message Digest algorithm from within Perl programs. The algorithm takes as input a message of arbitrary length and produces as output a 128-bit "fingerprint" or "message digest" of the input.

Note that the MD5 algorithm is not as strong as it used to be. It has since 2005 been easy to generate different messages that produce the same MD5 digest. It still seems hard to generate messages that produce a given digest, but it is probably wise to move to stronger algorithms for applications that depend on the digest to uniquely identify a message.

The Digest::MD5 module provide a procedural interface for simple use, as well as an object oriented interface that can handle messages of arbitrary length and which can read files directly.

https://metacpan.org/pod/Digest::MD5

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We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in all current versions
of perl available in Debian.

Debian 8 (Jessie) contains version 2.53 of Digest::MD5 in version
5.20.2-3+deb8u3 of the perl package.

Digest::MD5 has been a core Perl module for many years:

$ corelist -a Digest::MD5

Digest::MD5 was first released with perl v5.7.3


Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 788931@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Thanks,
Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie@gmail.com>

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