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If .Fa impl is .Dv NULL , then the default implementation of digest .Fa type is used. .Pp .Fn EVP_DigestUpdate hashes .Fa cnt bytes of data at .Fa d into the digest context .Fa ctx . This function can be called several times on the same .Fa ctx to hash additional data. .Pp .Fn EVP_DigestFinal_ex retrieves the digest value from .Fa ctx and places it in .Fa md . If the .Fa s parameter is not .Dv NULL , then the number of bytes of data written (i.e. the length of the digest) will be written to the integer at .Fa s ; at most .Dv EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE bytes will be written. After calling .Fn EVP_DigestFinal_ex , no additional calls to .Fn EVP_DigestUpdate can be made, but .Fn EVP_DigestInit_ex can be called to initialize a new digest operation. .Pp .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup cleans up the digest context .Fa ctx . It should be called after a digest context is no longer needed. .Pp .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_destroy cleans up the digest context .Fa ctx and frees up the space allocated to it. It should be called only on a context created using .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_create . .Pp .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_copy_ex can be used to copy the message digest state from .Fa in to .Fa out . This is useful if large amounts of data are to be hashed which only differ in the last few bytes. .Fa out must be initialized before calling this function. .Pp .Fn EVP_DigestInit behaves in the same way as .Fn EVP_DigestInit_ex except the passed context .Fa ctx does not have to be initialized, and it always uses the default digest implementation. .Pp .Fn EVP_DigestFinal is similar to .Fn EVP_DigestFinal_ex except the digest context .Fa ctx is automatically cleaned up. .Pp .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_copy is similar to .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_copy_ex except the destination .Fa out does not have to be initialized. .Pp .Fn EVP_MD_size and .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_size return the size of the message digest when passed an .Vt EVP_MD or an .Vt EVP_MD_CTX structure, i.e. the size of the hash. .Pp .Fn EVP_MD_block_size and .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_block_size return the block size of the message digest when passed an .Vt EVP_MD or an .Vt EVP_MD_CTX structure. .Pp .Fn EVP_MD_type and .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_type return the NID of the OBJECT IDENTIFIER representing the given message digest when passed an .Vt EVP_MD structure. For example .Fn EVP_MD_type EVP_sha1() returns .Dv NID_sha1 . This function is normally used when setting ASN.1 OIDs. .Pp .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_md returns the .Vt EVP_MD structure corresponding to the passed .Vt EVP_MD_CTX . .Pp .Fn EVP_MD_pkey_type returns the NID of the public key signing algorithm associated with this digest. For example .Fn EVP_sha1 is associated with RSA so this will return .Dv NID_sha1WithRSAEncryption . Since digests and signature algorithms are no longer linked this function is only retained for compatibility reasons. .Pp .Fn EVP_md2 , .Fn EVP_md5 , .Fn EVP_sha1 , .Fn EVP_sha224 , .Fn EVP_sha256 , .Fn EVP_sha384 , .Fn EVP_sha512 , and .Fn EVP_ripemd160 return .Vt EVP_MD structures for the MD2, MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512 and RIPEMD160 digest algorithms respectively. .Pp .Fn EVP_md5_sha1 returns an .Vt EVP_MD structure that provides concatenated MD5 and SHA1 message digests. .Pp .Fn EVP_dss and .Fn EVP_dss1 return .Vt EVP_MD structures for SHA1 digest algorithms but using DSS (DSA) for the signature algorithm. Note: there is no need to use these pseudo-digests in OpenSSL 1.0.0 and later; they are however retained for compatibility. .Pp .Fn EVP_md_null is a "null" message digest that does nothing: i.e. the hash it returns is of zero length. .Pp .Fn EVP_get_digestbyname , .Fn EVP_get_digestbynid , and .Fn EVP_get_digestbyobj return an .Vt EVP_MD structure when passed a digest name, a digest NID, or an ASN1_OBJECT structure respectively. The digest table must be initialized using, for example, .Xr OpenSSL_add_all_digests 3 for these functions to work. .Pp .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_size , .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_block_size , .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_type , .Fn EVP_get_digestbynid , and .Fn EVP_get_digestbyobj are implemented as macros. .Pp The EVP interface to message digests should almost always be used in preference to the low level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes transparent to the digest used and much more flexible. .Pp New applications should use the SHA2 digest algorithms such as SHA256. The other digest algorithms are still in common use. .Pp For most applications the .Fa impl parameter to .Fn EVP_DigestInit_ex will be set to NULL to use the default digest implementation. .Pp The functions .Fn EVP_DigestInit , .Fn EVP_DigestFinal , and .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_copy are obsolete but are retained to maintain compatibility with existing code. New applications should use .Fn EVP_DigestInit_ex , .Fn EVP_DigestFinal_ex , and .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_copy_ex because they can efficiently reuse a digest context instead of initializing and cleaning it up on each call and allow non-default implementations of digests to be specified. .Pp In OpenSSL 0.9.7 and later if digest contexts are not cleaned up after use memory leaks will occur. .Pp Stack allocation of .Vt EVP_MD_CTX structures is common, for example: .Bd -literal -offset indent EVP_MD_CTX mctx; EVP_MD_CTX_init(&mctx); .Ed .Pp This will cause binary compatibility issues if the size of .Vt EVP_MD_CTX structure changes (this will only happen with a major release of OpenSSL). Applications wishing to avoid this should use .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_create instead: .Bd -literal -offset indent EVP_MD_CTX *mctx; mctx = EVP_MD_CTX_create(); .Ed .Sh RETURN VALUES .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_ctrl , .Fn EVP_DigestInit_ex , .Fn EVP_DigestUpdate , .Fn EVP_DigestFinal_ex , and .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_copy_ex return 1 for success or 0 for failure. .Pp .Fn EVP_MD_type , .Fn EVP_MD_pkey_type , and .Fn EVP_MD_type return the NID of the corresponding OBJECT IDENTIFIER or .Dv NID_undef if none exists. .Pp .Fn EVP_MD_size , .Fn EVP_MD_block_size , .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_size , and .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_block_size return the digest or block size in bytes. .Pp .Fn EVP_md_null , .Fn EVP_md2 , .Fn EVP_md5 , .Fn EVP_md5_sha1 , .Fn EVP_sha1 , .Fn EVP_dss , .Fn EVP_dss1 , and .Fn EVP_ripemd160 return pointers to the corresponding .Vt EVP_MD structures. .Pp .Fn EVP_get_digestbyname , .Fn EVP_get_digestbynid , and .Fn EVP_get_digestbyobj return either an .Vt EVP_MD structure or .Dv NULL if an error occurs. .Sh EXAMPLES This example digests the data "Test Message\en" and "Hello World\en", using the digest name passed on the command line. .Bd -literal -offset indent #include #include int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { EVP_MD_CTX *mdctx; const EVP_MD *md; const char mess1[] = "Test Message\en"; const char mess2[] = "Hello World\en"; unsigned char md_value[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE]; int md_len, i; OpenSSL_add_all_digests(); if (argc <= 1) { printf("Usage: mdtest digestname\en"); exit(1); } md = EVP_get_digestbyname(argv[1]); if (md == NULL) { printf("Unknown message digest %s\en", argv[1]); exit(1); } mdctx = EVP_MD_CTX_create(); EVP_DigestInit_ex(mdctx, md, NULL); EVP_DigestUpdate(mdctx, mess1, strlen(mess1)); EVP_DigestUpdate(mdctx, mess2, strlen(mess2)); EVP_DigestFinal_ex(mdctx, md_value, &md_len); EVP_MD_CTX_destroy(mdctx); printf("Digest is: "); for(i = 0; i < md_len; i++) printf("%02x", md_value[i]); printf("\en"); } .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr evp 3 .Sh HISTORY .Fn EVP_DigestInit , .Fn EVP_DigestUpdate , and .Fn EVP_DigestFinal are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL. .Pp .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_init , .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_create , .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_copy_ex , .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup , .Fn EVP_MD_CTX_destroy , .Fn EVP_DigestInit_ex , and .Fn EVP_DigestFinal_ex were added in OpenSSL 0.9.7. .Pp .Fn EVP_md_null , .Fn EVP_md2 , .Fn EVP_md5 , .Fn EVP_sha1 , .Fn EVP_dss , .Fn EVP_dss1 , and .Fn EVP_ripemd160 were changed to return truly const .Vt EVP_MD pointers in OpenSSL 0.9.7. .Pp The link between digests and signing algorithms was fixed in OpenSSL 1.0 and later, so now .Fn EVP_sha1 can be used with RSA and DSA; there is no need to use .Fn EVP_dss1 any more. .Pp OpenSSL 1.0 and later does not include the MD2 digest algorithm in the default configuration due to its security weaknesses.