.\" $OpenBSD: sha1.1,v 1.10 2001/10/29 18:08:29 millert Exp $ .\" .Dd June 4, 2001 .Dt SHA1 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm sha1 .Nd calculate a message-digest fingerprint (checksum) for a file .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm sha1 .Oo .Fl p | Fl t | Fl x | .Fl s Ar string | Ar file ... .Oc .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm takes as input a message of arbitrary length and produces as output a 160-bit "fingerprint" or "message digest" of the input. It is conjectured that it is computationally infeasible to produce two messages having the same message digest, or to produce any message having a given prespecified target message digest. .Pp The .Em SHA-1 algorithm is intended for digital signature applications, where a large file must be "compressed" in a secure manner before being encrypted with a private (secret) key under a public-key cryptosystem such as .Em RSA . .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl s Ar string Prints a checksum of the given .Ar string . .It Fl p Echos stdin to stdout and appends the .Em SHA-1 sum to stdout. .It Fl t Runs a built-in time trial. .It Fl x Runs a built-in test script. .El .Pp The SHA-1 sum of each file listed on the command line is printed after the options are processed. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr cksum 1 , .Xr md5 1 , .Xr rmd160 1 .Rs .%A J. Burrows .%T The Secure Hash Standard .%O FIPS PUB 180-1 .Re .Rs .%A D. Eastlake and P. Jones .%T US Secure Hash Algorithm 1 .%O RFC 3174 .Re