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md5 (3openssl)

Name

md5 - MD2, MD4, MD5, MD2_Init, MD2_Update, MD2_Final, MD4_Init, MD4_Update, MD2, MD4, and MD5 hash functions

Synopsis

#include <openssl/md2.h>

unsigned char *MD2(const unsigned char *d, unsigned long n,
unsigned char *md);

int MD2_Init(MD2_CTX *c);
int MD2_Update(MD2_CTX *c, const unsigned char *data,
unsigned long len);
int 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);

int MD4_Init(MD4_CTX *c);
int MD4_Update(MD4_CTX *c, const void *data,
unsigned long len);
int MD4_Final(unsigned char *md, MD4_CTX *c);


#include <openssl/md5.h>

unsigned char *MD5(const unsigned char *d, unsigned long n,
unsigned char *md);

int MD5_Init(MD5_CTX *c);
int MD5_Update(MD5_CTX *c, const void *data,
unsigned long len);
int MD5_Final(unsigned char *md, MD5_CTX *c);

Description

md5(3openssl)                       OpenSSL                      md5(3openssl)



NAME
       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

SYNOPSIS
        #include <openssl/md2.h>

        unsigned char *MD2(const unsigned char *d, unsigned long n,
                         unsigned char *md);

        int MD2_Init(MD2_CTX *c);
        int MD2_Update(MD2_CTX *c, const unsigned char *data,
                         unsigned long len);
        int 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);

        int MD4_Init(MD4_CTX *c);
        int MD4_Update(MD4_CTX *c, const void *data,
                         unsigned long len);
        int MD4_Final(unsigned char *md, MD4_CTX *c);


        #include <openssl/md5.h>

        unsigned char *MD5(const unsigned char *d, unsigned long n,
                         unsigned char *md);

        int MD5_Init(MD5_CTX *c);
        int MD5_Update(MD5_CTX *c, const void *data,
                         unsigned long len);
        int MD5_Final(unsigned char *md, MD5_CTX *c);

DESCRIPTION
       MD2, MD4, and MD5 are cryptographic hash functions with a 128 bit
       output.

       MD2(), MD4(), and MD5() compute the MD2, MD4, and MD5 message digest of
       the n bytes at d and place it in md (which must have space for
       MD2_DIGEST_LENGTH == MD4_DIGEST_LENGTH == MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH == 16 bytes
       of output). If 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 MD2_CTX structure.

       MD2_Update() can be called repeatedly with chunks of the message to be
       hashed (len bytes at data).

       MD2_Final() places the message digest in md, which must have space for
       MD2_DIGEST_LENGTH == 16 bytes of output, and erases the MD2_CTX.

       MD4_Init(), MD4_Update(), MD4_Final(), MD5_Init(), MD5_Update(), and
       MD5_Final() are analogous using an MD4_CTX and MD5_CTX structure.

       Applications should use the higher level functions EVP_DigestInit(3)
       etc. instead of calling the hash functions directly.

NOTE
       MD2, MD4, and MD5 are recommended only for compatibility with existing
       applications. In new applications, SHA-1 or RIPEMD-160 should be
       preferred.

RETURN VALUES
       MD2(), MD4(), and MD5() return pointers to the hash value.

       MD2_Init(), MD2_Update(), MD2_Final(), MD4_Init(), MD4_Update(),
       MD4_Final(), MD5_Init(), MD5_Update(), and MD5_Final() return 1 for
       success, 0 otherwise.

CONFORMING TO
       RFC 1319, RFC 1320, RFC 1321


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Availability   | library/security/openssl |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through uncommitted |
       +---------------+--------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       sha(3), ripemd(3), EVP_DigestInit(3)

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.

       MD4(), MD4_Init(), and MD4_Update() are available in OpenSSL 0.9.6 and
       above.



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This software was built from source available at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.  The original community
       source was downloaded from
       https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2ze.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.openssl.org/.



1.0.2ze                           2022-05-03                     md5(3openssl)