QSfera/Server/vendor/github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp/internal/md4/README.md

MD4 Implementation

This package contains an identical copy of the MD4 hash implementation from Go's extended cryptography package (golang.org/x/crypto/md4).

Why Vendored?

This MD4 implementation is vendored locally to avoid depending on the golang.org/x/crypto package, which can introduce version conflicts and dependency management issues in go.mod. By maintaining our own copy, we ensure:

• Stability: No external dependency version conflicts
• Simplicity: Cleaner go.mod file without xcrypto dependency
• Control: Full control over the implementation without external changes

Source

The original implementation can be found at:

• Package: golang.org/x/crypto/md4
• Repository: https://github.com/golang/crypto

Usage

This package is intended for internal use within the go-ntlmssp library only. The MD4 hash algorithm is required for NTLM authentication but should not be used for general cryptographic purposes as MD4 is considered cryptographically broken.