﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Type Name="MD5" FullName="System.Security.Cryptography.MD5"><TypeSignature Maintainer="auto" Language="C#" Value="public abstract class MD5 : System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm" /><TypeSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".class public auto ansi abstract beforefieldinit MD5 extends System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm" /><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyName>mscorlib</AssemblyName><AssemblyPublicKey>[00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00]</AssemblyPublicKey><AssemblyVersion>1.0.5000.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ThreadSafetyStatement>Gtk# is thread aware, but not thread safe; See the &lt;link location="node:gtk-sharp/programming/threads"&gt;Gtk# Thread Programming&lt;/link&gt; for details.</ThreadSafetyStatement><Base><BaseTypeName>System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm</BaseTypeName></Base><Interfaces></Interfaces><Attributes><Attribute><AttributeName>System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)</AttributeName></Attribute></Attributes><Docs><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Hash functions map binary strings of an arbitrary length to small binary strings of a fixed length. A cryptographic hash function has the property that it is computationally infeasible to find two distinct inputs that hash to the same value; that is, hashes of two sets of data should match if the corresponding data also matches. Small changes to the data result in large, unpredictable changes in the hash.</para><para>The hash size for the <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.MD5" /> algorithm is 128 bits.</para><para>The <see cref="Overload:System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm.ComputeHash" /> methods of the <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.MD5" /> class return the hash as an array of 16 bytes.  Note that some MD5 implementations produce a 32-character, hexadecimal-formatted hash.  To interoperate with such implementations, format the return value of the <see cref="Overload:System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm.ComputeHash" /> methods as a hexadecimal value.</para><block subset="none" type="note"><para>Newer hash functions, such as the Secure Hash Algorithms SHA-256 and SHA-512, are available. Consider using the <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256" /> class or the <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.SHA512" /> class instead of the <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.MD5" /> class. Use <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.MD5" /> only for compatibility with legacy applications and data.</para></block></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Represents the abstract class from which all implementations of the <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.MD5" /> hash algorithm inherit. </para></summary></Docs><Members><Member MemberName=".ctor"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="protected MD5 ();" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method familyhidebysig specialname rtspecialname instance void .ctor() cil managed" /><MemberType>Constructor</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>1.0.5000.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue /><Parameters /><Docs><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>To create an instance of the <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.MD5" /> class, use the <see cref="Overload:System.Security.Cryptography.MD5.Create" /> method.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Initializes a new instance of <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.MD5" />.</para></summary></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="Create"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public static System.Security.Cryptography.MD5 Create ();" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public static hidebysig class System.Security.Cryptography.MD5 Create() cil managed" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>1.0.5000.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.Security.Cryptography.MD5</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters /><Docs><remarks>To be added</remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Creates an instance of the default implementation of the <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.MD5" /> hash algorithm.</para></summary><returns><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>A new instance of the <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.MD5" /> hash algorithm.</para></returns></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="Create"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public static System.Security.Cryptography.MD5 Create (string algName);" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public static hidebysig class System.Security.Cryptography.MD5 Create(string algName) cil managed" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>1.0.5000.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.Security.Cryptography.MD5</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters><Parameter Name="algName" Type="System.String" /></Parameters><Docs><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Possible values for <paramref name="algName" /> are: System.Security.Cryptography.MD5, MD5, System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider, and System.Security.Cryptography.MD5Managed.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Creates an instance of the specified implementation of the <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.MD5" /> hash algorithm.</para></summary><returns><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>A new instance of the specified implementation of <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.MD5" />.</para></returns><param name="algName"><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />The name of the specific implementation of <see cref="T:System.Security.Cryptography.MD5" /> to use. </param></Docs></Member></Members></Type>