MD5 quine, fixed point
January 5th, 2010
MD5 quines
Sometimes I let my mind wonder and I get crazy questions. Today was a good example, I encountered a MD5 hash and I started to wonder, would there be a hash which would (when hashed again) be the same?
Thus: MD5(x) = x
This would be a kind of MD5 quine, when fed into the algorithm you get the original value back. This is actually called an MD5 fixed point.
Category: Algorithms, Math | Comments (3)