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authorRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2000-08-14 14:05:53 +0000
committerRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2000-08-14 14:05:53 +0000
commit3009458e2f63b84e9631dfbf8b5c7cb38b2b283c (patch)
treeb115b61e15485ab1dc8f250e8a996cb52117c788 /doc/crypto/md5.pod
parent5ce42a7e68956b313bc98e85e843d561fb06b6e9 (diff)
MD4 implemented. Assar Westerlund provided the digest code itself and the test utility, I added the bits to get a EVP interface, the command line utility and the speed test
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+++ b/doc/crypto/md5.pod
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
=head1 NAME
-MD2, MD5, MD2_Init, MD2_Update, MD2_Final, MD5_Init, MD5_Update,
-MD5_Final - MD2 and MD5 hash functions
+MD2, MD4, MD5, MD2_Init, MD2_Update, MD2_Final, MD4_Init, MD4_Update,
+MD4_Final, MD5_Init, MD5_Update, MD5_Final - MD2, MD4, and MD5 hash functions
=head1 SYNOPSIS
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@ MD5_Final - MD2 and MD5 hash functions
void MD2_Final(unsigned char *md, MD2_CTX *c);
+ #include <openssl/md4.h>
+
+ unsigned char *MD4(const unsigned char *d, unsigned long n,
+ unsigned char *md);
+
+ void MD4_Init(MD4_CTX *c);
+ void MD4_Update(MD4_CTX *c, const void *data,
+ unsigned long len);
+ void MD4_Final(unsigned char *md, MD4_CTX *c);
+
+
#include <openssl/md5.h>
unsigned char *MD5(const unsigned char *d, unsigned long n,
@@ -30,12 +41,13 @@ MD5_Final - MD2 and MD5 hash functions
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-MD2 and MD5 are cryptographic hash functions with a 128 bit output.
+MD2, MD4, and MD5 are cryptographic hash functions with a 128 bit output.
-MD2() and MD5() compute the MD2 and MD5 message digest of the B<n>
-bytes at B<d> and place it in B<md> (which must have space for
-MD2_DIGEST_LENGTH == MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH == 16 bytes of output). If
-B<md> is NULL, the digest is placed in a static array.
+MD2(), MD4(), and MD5() compute the MD2, MD4, and MD5 message digest
+of the B<n> bytes at B<d> and place it in B<md> (which must have space
+for MD2_DIGEST_LENGTH == MD4_DIGEST_LENGTH == MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH == 16
+bytes of output). If B<md> is NULL, the digest is placed in a static
+array.
The following functions may be used if the message is not completely
stored in memory:
@@ -48,8 +60,8 @@ be hashed (B<len> bytes at B<data>).
MD2_Final() places the message digest in B<md>, which must have space
for MD2_DIGEST_LENGTH == 16 bytes of output, and erases the B<MD2_CTX>.
-MD5_Init(), MD5_Update() and MD5_Final() are analogous using an
-B<MD5_CTX> structure.
+MD4_Init(), MD4_Update(), MD4_Final(), MD5_Init(), MD5_Update(), and
+MD5_Final() are analogous using an B<MD4_CTX> and B<MD5_CTX> structure.
Applications should use the higher level functions
L<EVP_DigestInit(3)|EVP_DigestInit(3)>
@@ -57,20 +69,21 @@ etc. instead of calling the hash functions directly.
=head1 NOTE
-MD2 and MD5 are recommended only for compatibility with existing
+MD2, MD4, and MD5 are recommended only for compatibility with existing
applications. In new applications, SHA-1 or RIPEMD-160 should be
preferred.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
-MD2() and MD5() return pointers to the hash value.
+MD2(), MD4(), and MD5() return pointers to the hash value.
-MD2_Init(), MD2_Update() MD2_Final(), MD5_Init(), MD5_Update() and
-MD5_Final() do not return values.
+MD2_Init(), MD2_Update(), MD2_Final(), MD4_Init(), MD4_Update(),
+MD4_Final(), MD5_Init(), MD5_Update(), and MD5_Final() do not return
+values.
=head1 CONFORMING TO
-RFC 1319, RFC 1321
+RFC 1319, RFC 1320, RFC 1321
=head1 SEE ALSO
@@ -82,4 +95,7 @@ MD2(), MD2_Init(), MD2_Update() MD2_Final(), MD5(), MD5_Init(),
MD5_Update() and MD5_Final() are available in all versions of SSLeay
and OpenSSL.
+MD4(), MD4_Init(), and MD4_Update() are available in OpenSSL 0.9.6 and
+above.
+
=cut