famous md5

The following MD5 sums are famous for some reason or another.

RFC 1321 test suite

In the specification, RFC 1321 - The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, a test suite is supplied in APPENDIX A.5:

• d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
• 0cc175b9c0f1b6a831c399e269772661
• 900150983cd24fb0d6963f7d28e17f72
• f96b697d7cb7938d525a2f31aaf161d0
• c3fcd3d76192e4007dfb496cca67e13b
• d174ab98d277d9f5a5611c2c9f419d9f
• 57edf4a22be3c955ac49da2e2107b67a

Diebold passwords

Diebold are responsible for the 2004 fiasco in the California elections. Their atrociously badly designed voting machines caused a lot of problems. The following are passwords they used:

• 0e44504019c44ccf4802cfc1813e6169
• c38c12bc24a057d24749654eff85f06b
• a85f1c8d1e8c413e88505b68ded14ab4
• cef7e2cc53e8b87af78d3a67f3d13145
• 35e4cc831f0470ea54ef66e5f5103691

Movie passwords

Different movies refer to passwords. Here are some more famous ones that a quick search on the IMDB turned up:

• 93349cbe3870114304f3cbfb26f32d74 (Matrix Reloaded)
• d52ec75b378cc6418ee96beb97ecac56 (Drew Carey Show)
• cb8e3b43fbc7ac163d8cbe936a3caa10 (Lord of the Rings)
• 97373c4ea0fbb7ba4d5973126f42246b (Wargames)

There are many more famous passwords floating around the Internet.

Comedy passwords

Some passwords get made fun of in comedy. Yes, they can be funny (as anyone who had the BOFH reset their password can attest).

• ba944d16e5093e3e83c200382dd01e9a (The Goon Show)
• 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99