Back to Basics – Calculating MD5 Hashing Yesterday I needed to use a hashing algorithm for a given task. I chose to use the MD5 hashing algorithm and in this post I’ll show how to calculate MD5 hash from a given string. What is MD5 Hashing Algorithm? MD5 is a very widely used hashing function that commonly used to check the integrity of files or strings. When using MD5 There is a small possibility of getting two identical hashes to two different strings. It is very useful for storing passwords...