To clarify: not MD5 itself. It was created in 1991 by Ron Rivest. (It is my experience that knowledge of these things isn't as widely distributed as one might hope.)
replyI first came across it in 1995/1996: Wow, what a magical tool for backend web stuff! I used it for everything.
Wait, is that the same guy who co-authorer the Floyd-Rivest Algorithm? Hmm, looks like it[0]. Huh, neat.
reply[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd%E2%80%93Rivest_algorithm
Also the same Rivest as Cormen, Leiserson and Rivest (that Stein dude was after my time), and the R in RSA.
replyOkay.
replyWhat qualifications does phk have that are relevant to the current subject?