EVP_DigestInit(3) OpenSSL EVP_DigestInit(3)NAME
EVP_DigestInit, EVP_DigestUpdate, EVP_DigestFinal, EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE,
EVP_MD_CTX_copy, EVP_MD_type, EVP_MD_pkey_type, EVP_MD_size,
EVP_MD_block_size, EVP_MD_CTX_md, EVP_MD_CTX_size,
EVP_MD_CTX_block_size, EVP_MD_CTX_type, EVP_md_null, EVP_md2, EVP_md5,
EVP_sha, EVP_sha1, EVP_dss, EVP_dss1, EVP_mdc2, EVP_ripemd160,
EVP_get_digestbyname, EVP_get_digestbynid, EVP_get_digestbyobj - EVP
digest routines
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/evp.h>
void EVP_DigestInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type);
void EVP_DigestUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, unsigned int cnt);
void EVP_DigestFinal(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *md,
unsigned int *s);
#define EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE (16+20) /* The SSLv3 md5+sha1 type */
int EVP_MD_CTX_copy(EVP_MD_CTX *out,EVP_MD_CTX *in);
#define EVP_MD_type(e) ((e)->type)
#define EVP_MD_pkey_type(e) ((e)->pkey_type)
#define EVP_MD_size(e) ((e)->md_size)
#define EVP_MD_block_size(e) ((e)->block_size)
#define EVP_MD_CTX_md(e) (e)->digest)
#define EVP_MD_CTX_size(e) EVP_MD_size((e)->digest)
#define EVP_MD_CTX_block_size(e) EVP_MD_block_size((e)->digest)
#define EVP_MD_CTX_type(e) EVP_MD_type((e)->digest)
EVP_MD *EVP_md_null(void);
EVP_MD *EVP_md2(void);
EVP_MD *EVP_md5(void);
EVP_MD *EVP_sha(void);
EVP_MD *EVP_sha1(void);
EVP_MD *EVP_dss(void);
EVP_MD *EVP_dss1(void);
EVP_MD *EVP_mdc2(void);
EVP_MD *EVP_ripemd160(void);
const EVP_MD *EVP_get_digestbyname(const char *name);
#define EVP_get_digestbynid(a) EVP_get_digestbyname(OBJ_nid2sn(a))
#define EVP_get_digestbyobj(a) EVP_get_digestbynid(OBJ_obj2nid(a))
DESCRIPTION
The EVP digest routines are a high level interface to message digests.
EVP_DigestInit() initializes a digest context ctx to use a digest type:
this will typically be supplied by a function such as EVP_sha1().
EVP_DigestUpdate() hashes cnt bytes of data at d into the digest
context ctx. This function can be called several times on the same ctx
to hash additional data.
EVP_DigestFinal() retrieves the digest value from ctx and places it in
md. If the s parameter is not NULL then the number of bytes of data
written (i.e. the length of the digest) will be written to the integer
at s, at most EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE bytes will be written. After calling
EVP_DigestFinal() no additional calls to EVP_DigestUpdate() can be
made, but EVP_DigestInit() can be called to initialize a new digest
operation.
EVP_MD_CTX_copy() can be used to copy the message digest state from in
to out. This is useful if large amounts of data are to be hashed which
only differ in the last few bytes.
EVP_MD_size() and EVP_MD_CTX_size() return the size of the message
digest when passed an EVP_MD or an EVP_MD_CTX structure, i.e. the size
of the hash.
EVP_MD_block_size() and EVP_MD_CTX_block_size() return the block size
of the message digest when passed an EVP_MD or an EVP_MD_CTX structure.
EVP_MD_type() and EVP_MD_CTX_type() return the NID of the OBJECT
IDENTIFIER representing the given message digest when passed an EVP_MD
structure. For example EVP_MD_type(EVP_sha1()) returns NID_sha1. This
function is normally used when setting ASN1 OIDs.
EVP_MD_CTX_md() returns the EVP_MD structure corresponding to the
passed EVP_MD_CTX.
EVP_MD_pkey_type() returns the NID of the public key signing algorithm
associated with this digest. For example EVP_sha1() is associated with
RSA so this will return NID_sha1WithRSAEncryption. This "link" between
digests and signature algorithms may not be retained in future versions
of OpenSSL.
EVP_md2(), EVP_md5(), EVP_sha(), EVP_sha1(), EVP_mdc2() and
EVP_ripemd160() return EVP_MD structures for the MD2, MD5, SHA, SHA1,
MDC2 and RIPEMD160 digest algorithms respectively. The associated
signature algorithm is RSA in each case.
EVP_dss() and EVP_dss1() return EVP_MD structures for SHA and SHA1
digest algorithms but using DSS (DSA) for the signature algorithm.
EVP_md_null() is a "null" message digest that does nothing: i.e. the
hash it returns is of zero length.
EVP_get_digestbyname(), EVP_get_digestbynid() and EVP_get_digestbyobj()
return an 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, OpenSSL_add_all_digests() for these
functions to work.
RETURN VALUESEVP_DigestInit(), EVP_DigestUpdate() and EVP_DigestFinal() do not
return values.
EVP_MD_CTX_copy() returns 1 if successful or 0 for failure.
EVP_MD_type(), EVP_MD_pkey_type() and EVP_MD_type() return the NID of
the corresponding OBJECT IDENTIFIER or NID_undef if none exists.
EVP_MD_size(), EVP_MD_block_size(), EVP_MD_CTX_size(e), EVP_MD_size(),
EVP_MD_CTX_block_size() and EVP_MD_block_size() return the digest or
block size in bytes.
EVP_md_null(), EVP_md2(), EVP_md5(), EVP_sha(), EVP_sha1(), EVP_dss(),
EVP_dss1(), EVP_mdc2() and EVP_ripemd160() return pointers to the
corresponding EVP_MD structures.
EVP_get_digestbyname(), EVP_get_digestbynid() and EVP_get_digestbyobj()
return either an EVP_MD structure or NULL if an error occurs.
NOTES
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.
SHA1 is the digest of choice for new applications. The other digest
algorithms are still in common use.
EXAMPLE
This example digests the data "Test Message\n" and "Hello World\n",
using the digest name passed on the command line.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <openssl/evp.h>
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
EVP_MD_CTX mdctx;
const EVP_MD *md;
char mess1[] = "Test Message\n";
char mess2[] = "Hello World\n";
unsigned char md_value[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE];
int md_len, i;
OpenSSL_add_all_digests();
if(!argv[1]) {
printf("Usage: mdtest digestname\n");
exit(1);
}
md = EVP_get_digestbyname(argv[1]);
if(!md) {
printf("Unknown message digest %s\n", argv[1]);
exit(1);
}
EVP_DigestInit(&mdctx, md);
EVP_DigestUpdate(&mdctx, mess1, strlen(mess1));
EVP_DigestUpdate(&mdctx, mess2, strlen(mess2));
EVP_DigestFinal(&mdctx, md_value, &md_len);
printf("Digest is: ");
for(i = 0; i < md_len; i++) printf("%02x", md_value[i]);
printf("\n");
}
BUGS
Several of the functions do not return values: maybe they should.
Although the internal digest operations will never fail some future
hardware based operations might.
The link between digests and signing algorithms results in a situation
where EVP_sha1() must be used with RSA and EVP_dss1() must be used with
DSS even though they are identical digests.
The size of an EVP_MD_CTX structure is determined at compile time: this
results in code that must be recompiled if the size of EVP_MD_CTX
increases.
SEE ALSOevp(3), hmac(3), md2(3), md5(3), mdc2(3), ripemd(3), sha(3), dgst(1)HISTORYEVP_DigestInit(), EVP_DigestUpdate() and EVP_DigestFinal() are
available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
3rd Berkeley Distribution 0.9.6m EVP_DigestInit(3)