and many CAs have since migrated to the more robust SHA-1 algorithm. But while the MD5 hashing function has over time become obsolete, it is still used by a few CAs and accepted by all Web browsers.

The MD5 core from Alma Technologies is a high-performance implementation of the MD5 Message-Digest algorithm, a one-way hash function, compliant to the RFC 1321 specification. The core is composed of ...