Note that in many hash functions like MD5 and SHA1, a message is still padded even if
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Note that in many hash functions like MD5 and SHA1, a message is still padded even if its length is already a multiple of the block length. Why is this important? I.e., what would the problem be if such messages are digested as they are without any padding?
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