openssl/doc/crypto/md5.pod

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=pod
=head1 NAME
MD2, MD5, MD2_Init, MD2_Update, MD2_Final, MD5_Init, MD5_Update,
MD5_Final - MD2 and MD5 hash functions
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/md2.h>
unsigned char *MD2(const unsigned char *d, unsigned long n,
unsigned char *md);
void MD2_Init(MD2_CTX *c);
void MD2_Update(MD2_CTX *c, const unsigned char *data,
unsigned long len);
void MD2_Final(unsigned char *md, MD2_CTX *c);
#include <openssl/md5.h>
unsigned char *MD5(const unsigned char *d, unsigned long n,
unsigned char *md);
void MD5_Init(MD5_CTX *c);
void MD5_Update(MD5_CTX *c, const unsigned char *data,
unsigned long len);
void MD5_Final(unsigned char *md, MD5_CTX *c);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
MD2 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.
The following functions may be used if the message is not completely
stored in memory:
MD2_Init() initializes a B<MD2_CTX> structure.
MD2_Update() can be called repeatedly with chunks of the message to
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.
Applications should use the higher level functions EVP_DigestInit(3) etc.
instead of calling the hash functions directly.
=head1 NOTE
MD2 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_Init(), MD2_Update() MD2_Final(), MD5_Init(), MD5_Update() and
MD5_Final() do not return values.
=head1 CONFORMING TO
RFC 1319, RFC 1321
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<sha(3)|sha(3)>, L<ripemd(3)|ripemd(3)>, L<EVP_DigestInit(3)|EVP_DigestInit(3)>
=head1 HISTORY
MD2(), MD2_Init(), MD2_Update() MD2_Final(), MD5(), MD5_Init(),
MD5_Update() and MD5_Final() are available in all versions of SSLeay
and OpenSSL.
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