How does this MD5 algorithm hash strings?

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Fateme Jalali
Fateme Jalali on 12 Jul 2016
Commented: Walter Roberson on 12 Jul 2016
Hello,I have MD5 algorithm to digest strings.I can not analyse how it works.can any one help me to understand how 'CoreHash' works in my mfile? mfile is attached.thanks

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 12 Jul 2016
It calls Java to create a message digest engine, and then it runs through the array or data file feeding chunks of the data to the engine, which updates the MD5 as it goes. Eventually it gets to the end and has the Java message digest engine return the hash, which it converts to hex.
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Fateme Jalali
Fateme Jalali on 12 Jul 2016
thank you. what happens in java engine then?
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 12 Jul 2016
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/security/MessageDigest.html
Note the link to the algorithm description that is given there.

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