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$md5 -- Broken implementation? #182580 11/08/07 01:31 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 20 S SGR OP Ameglian cow
OP SGR Ameglian cow S Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 20	From mIRC: Quote: MD5 of $null: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e MD5 of A: 7fc56270e7a70fa81a5935b72eacbe29 MD5 of a: 0cc175b9c0f1b6a831c399e269772661 MD5 of 863: 19b650660b253761af189682e03501dd Quote: -bash-3.1$ echo $NUL[EOL] \| md5sum && echo "A" \| md5sum && echo "a" \| md5sum && echo "863" \| md5sum d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e - null bf072e9119077b4e76437a93986787ef - A 60b725f10c9c85c70d97880dfe8191b3 - a 89f6a0bff21f3bb3f1fa73bf8391f25a - 863 mIRC only returns the correct MD% checksum for $null? Am I missing something here?

Re: $md5 -- Broken implementation? SGR #182581 11/08/07 01:51 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,523 Q qwerty Hoopy frood
qwerty Hoopy frood Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,523	Apparently there's something wrong with your tests in bash, as a bunch of online md5 hash calculators I tried, such as this and this, agree with mirc. /.timerQ 1 0 echo /.timerQ 1 0 $timer(Q).com

Re: $md5 -- Broken implementation? SGR #182583 11/08/07 01:57 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK C Collective Hoopy frood
Collective Hoopy frood C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK	qwerty- is correct. The problem is that "echo" appends a Line Feed to the output. If you use the -n switch for echo the result will agree with mIRC.

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