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Dec 26, 2011 05:56

How to generate an MD5 hash online in security?

There are many online MD5 Hash generator sites in the internet. These free MD5 hash generators are useful for encoding passwords, credit cards numbers and other sensitive date into databases(MySQL, MSSQL, Postgress or others).

However, most online MD5 Hash generators are designed by PHP script and calls the php md5() function, there is a security problem: The site server can store the input from user.

I created a free MD5 Hash generator to help you generate the MD5 hash online in security, the encryption process uses Javascript, so your input doesn't even reach the server. I do not store or monitor your input in any way.

Free Online MD5 Hash Generator

If you have any suggestions about this tiny web tool, please leave your comments here.

What is MD5 Hash

From Wikipedia: The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm is a widely used cryptographic hash function that produces a 128-bit (16-byte) hash value. MD5 has been employed in a wide variety of security applications, and is also commonly used to check data integrity. An MD5 hash is typically expressed as a 32-digit hexadecimal number.

Other resources about MD5


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