Md5

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MD5 is a cryptographic one-way hashing algorithm first described in RFC 1321 back in 1992.

MD5 is no longer recommended for use, following a presentation at the 2004 Crypto Conference that revealed hash collision problems with the algorithm.

This MD5 sum is infamous:

d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e

What is it? An empty file.