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RIPE MessageDigest - technical definition
The base class for hashing algorithms in the Java programming language.
Implementations of MessageDigest algorithms
must extend this class and implement all the abstract methods. The integration
of this algorithm into the programming language standard libraries is an
example of how higher-level programming languages include security-aware
programming features enabling programmers to write better, more secure Âsoftware.
See Also: Algorithm; Hash, One-Way; Java.
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Overview Package. [Online, 1999.] Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Website. http://java.sun.com/products/javacard/htmldoc/javacard/security/
MessageDigest.html.