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diff --git a/security/p5-Digest-MD5/DESCR b/security/p5-Digest-MD5/DESCR index 96e3c61c5a2..fce73674773 100644 --- a/security/p5-Digest-MD5/DESCR +++ b/security/p5-Digest-MD5/DESCR @@ -1,24 +1,5 @@ - This package contains Perl extension interfaces for the following -message digest algorithms: - - - RSA Data Security Inc. MD5 (RFC 1321) - - RSA Data Security Inc. MD2 (RFC 1319) - - NIST SHA-1 (FIPS PUB 180-1) - - Modules to calculate HMAC (RFC 2104) digests are also provided. - - To build the extensions, unpack this distribution somewhere, create -the Makefile by running 'perl Makefile.PL' and do a 'make', 'make -test', and if successful 'make install'. - -You will need perl version 5.004 or better to install these modules. -Further documentation is embedded in the individual modules. - -Copyright 1998-1999 Gisle Aas. -Copyright 1998 Graham Barr. -Copyright 1997 Uwe Hollerbach. -Copyright 1995-1996 Neil Winton. -Copyright 1990-1992 RSA Data Security, Inc. - -This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or -modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. +The Digest::MD5 module allows you to use the RSA Data Security Inc. +MD5 Message Digest algorithm from within Perl programs. The algorithm +takes as input a message of arbitrary length and produces as output +a 128-bit "fingerprint" or "message digest" of the input. MD5 is +described in RFC 1321. |