It is really braindamaged in what it does as well, I might add. Never use it unless you really have too. Read src/post_modules/Nettle/crypt_md5.c for more insights...
/ Martin Nilsson (saturator)
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2004-03-08 17:59: Subject: Re: Crypto.crypt_md5();
Because it's a replacement for crypt(3C)? Note that md5_crypt() does not perform an single md5 hash of its input.
/ Henrik Grubbström (Lysator)