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+<!-- gcryptref-digest.sgml - libgcrypt reference (digests)
+ Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This file is part of GnuPG.
+
+ GnuPG is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ GnuPG is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
+-->
+
+<refentry>
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>gcry_md_open</refname>
+ <refname>gcry_md_enable</refname>
+ <refname>gcry_md_close</refname>
+ <refpurpose>create and destroy a message digest context</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>
+ #include &lt;gcrypt.h&gt;
+ </funcsynopsisinfo>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>GCRY_MD_HD <function>gcry_md_open</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>algo</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>unsigned int <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>gcry_md_enable</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>GCRY_MD_HD <parameter>h</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>algo</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>gcry_md_close</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>GCRY_MD_HD <parameter>h</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+
+ <refsect1><title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ <indexterm><primary>hash functions</primary>
+ <secondary>gcry_md_open</secondary>
+ <secondary>gcry_md_enable</secondary>
+ <secondary>gcry_md_close</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <function>gcry_md_open</function> creates the context required for
+ the message digest functions. The hash algorithm may optionally be
+ specified.
+ <function>gcry_md_close</function> releases all resources associated
+ with the context.
+ <function>gcry_md_enable</function> may be used to enable hash
+ algorithms. This function may be used multiple times to create
+ a hash context for multiple algorithms. Adding an already enabled algorithm
+ has no effect. A algorithm must be enabled prios to calculate hash
+ algorithms.
+ </para>
+</refentry>
+
+<refentry>
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>gcry_md_copy</refname>
+ <refpurpose>create and copy of a message digest context</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>
+ #include &lt;gcrypt.h&gt;
+ </funcsynopsisinfo>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>GCRY_MD_HD <function>gcry_md_copy</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>GCRY_MD_HD <parameter>h</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+
+ <refsect1><title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ <indexterm><primary>hash functions</primary>
+ <secondary>gcry_md_copy</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <function>gcry_md_copy</function> creates an excat copy of the given context.
+ This is useful to calculate hashes with a common initial part of the
+ plaintext.
+ </para>
+</refentry>
+
+<refentry>
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>gcry_md_reset</refname>
+ <refpurpose>reset a message digest context</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>
+ #include &lt;gcrypt.h&gt;
+ </funcsynopsisinfo>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>gcry_md_reset</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>GCRY_MD_HD <parameter>h</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+
+ <refsect1><title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ <indexterm><primary>hash functions</primary>
+ <secondary>gcry_md_reset</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <function>gcry_md_reset</function> is used to reuse a message context
+ without the overhead of an open and close operation.
+ </para>
+</refentry>
+
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>gcry_md_ctl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>perform special operations on a digest context</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>
+ #include &lt;gcrypt.h&gt;
+ </funcsynopsisinfo>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>gcry_md_ctl</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>GCRY_MD_HD <parameter>h</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>cmd</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>unsigned char * <parameter>buffer</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>size_t <parameter>buflen</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+
+ <refsect1><title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ <indexterm><primary>hash functions</primary>
+ <secondary>gcry_md_ctl</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <function>gcry_md_ctl</function> is a multi-purpose function
+ to control the behaviour of all gcry_md functions or one instance
+ of it.
+ </para>
+</refentry>
+
+
+void gcry_md_write( GCRY_MD_HD hd, const byte *buffer, size_t length);
+byte *gcry_md_read( GCRY_MD_HD hd, int algo );
+void gcry_md_hash_buffer( int algo, char *digest,
+ const char *buffer, size_t length);
+int gcry_md_get_algo( GCRY_MD_HD hd );
+unsigned int gcry_md_get_algo_dlen( int algo );
+int gcry_md_info( GCRY_MD_HD h, int what, void *buffer, size_t *nbytes);
+int gcry_md_algo_info( int algo, int what, void *buffer, size_t *nbytes);
+const char *gcry_md_algo_name( int algo );
+int gcry_md_map_name( const char* name );
+
+#define gcry_md_putc(h,c) \
+ do { \
+ if( (h)->bufpos == (h)->bufsize ) \
+ gcry_md_write( (h), NULL, 0 ); \
+ (h)->buf[(h)->bufpos++] = (c) & 0xff; \
+ } while(0)
+
+#define gcry_md_final(a) \
+ gcry_md_ctl( (a), GCRYCTL_FINALIZE, NULL, 0 )
+
+#define gcry_md_is_secure(a) \
+ gcry_md_info( (a), GCRYCTL_IS_SECURE, NULL, NULL )
+
+#define gcry_md_test_algo(a) \
+ gcry_md_algo_info( (a), GCRYCTL_TEST_ALGO, NULL, NULL )
+