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MD5
An old hash function, now considered broken for security, that turns data into a short fixed-size fingerprint.
MD5 produces a 128-bit fingerprint of any input and was once used to verify integrity and in certificates. It's cryptographically broken — attackers can craft different inputs with the same hash — so it must not be trusted for security. In microZeus it's kept only for legacy TLS compatibility, not for real protection.
See also
- key scheduleThe step-by-step process that derives the actual encryption keys used in a session from an initial shared secret.
- leaf certificateThe specific certificate that proves a single website's identity, at the bottom of a chain of trust.
- key materialThe actual secret bytes that make up a cryptographic key.