md5digest

[Dar Scott]

On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 12:56 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Given this, I'm at a loss to think of practical uses of it in MC until
> encryption becomes available.

User password
Product key
Message "checksum" (for noisy channels)
File tamper check
Digital pennies

... and all those cases where authentication is needed but encryption is 
not:

Send display message to a public billboard
Launch doomsday device
Get (and delete) messages already exposed to the Internet

Dar Scott