README
1NAME
2 Digest::Perl::MD4 - Perl implementation of Ron Rivests MD4
3 Algorithm
4
5DISCLAIMER
6 This is not C-code interface (like `Digest::MD5') but a Perl-only
7 implementation of MD4 (like `Digest::Perl::MD5'). Because of this, it is
8 slow but avoids platform specific complications. For efficiency you
9 should use `Digest::MD4' instead of this module if it is available.
10
11SYNOPSIS
12 # Functional style
13 use Digest::Perl::MD4 qw(md4 md4_hex md4_base64);
14
15 $hash = md4 $data;
16 $hash = md4_hex $data;
17 $hash = md4_base64 $data;
18
19 # OO style
20 use Digest::Perl::MD4;
21
22 $ctx = Digest::Perl::MD4->new;
23
24 $ctx->add($data);
25 $ctx->addfile(*FILE);
26
27 $digest = $ctx->digest;
28 $digest = $ctx->hexdigest;
29 $digest = $ctx->b64digest;
30
31MANIFEST
32
33README This file.
34MD4.pm The Perl code implementing Rivest's MD4 algorithm.
35Digest-MD4.pm A wrapper module called Digest::MD4.
36test.pl A test program for the MD4 module.
37
38The MD4 module's interface should be compatible with the C-code MD4
39module written by Mike McCauley <mikem@open.com.au>. The Digest-MD4.pm
40is provided which makes the MD4 module available as the shorter module
41Digest::MD4. It should *not* be installed as is if Mike's module is
42already installed. If you want both of these installed (e.g. multiple
43platforms are using the same installation), the adaptive aspects of
44Digest-MD4.pm will have to be merged with the Mike's actual MD4.pm code.
45
46Assuming "Perl-site-lib" is one of the directories listed in @INC,
47install the module like this:
48
49file Perl-site-lib
50---- ------------------
51MD4.pm Digest/Perl/MD4.pm
52Digest-MD4.pm Digest/MD4.pm # if C-code MD4 is NOT installed
53
54AUTHOR
55
56Ted Anderson <tedanderson@mindspring.com>
57