in reply to Creating base64 encoded MD5 hash

Well, just experimenting with the "openssl" command shows me this: 
% echo -n cisco | openssl -binary md5 | openssl base64
3+rxA5DlYK6nRcy6U+BE7Q==

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which is the same thing you get. So somewhere, the description is not as they say. You'll have to investigate upstream.

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