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34.Dd April 17, 1996
35.Dt MD5 9
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm MD5 ,
39.Nm MD5Init ,
40.Nm MD5Transform
41.Nd message digest routines
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In sys/types.h
44.In sys/md5.h
45.Ft void
46.Fn MD5Init "MD5_CTX *buf"
47.Ft void
48.Fn MD5Transform "u_int32_t buf[4]" "const unsigned char block[64]"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Nm
52module implements the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
53(MD5). It produces 128-bit MD5 Digest of data.
54.Pp
55.Bl -hang -width MD5Transformxxx
56.It Pa MD5Init
57must be called just before
58.Fn MD5Transform
59will be used to produce a digest.
60The
61.Fa buf
62argument is the storage for the digest being produced on subsequent
63calls to the
64.Fn MD5Transform
65routine.
66.It Pa MD5Transform
67is the core of the MD5 algorithm, this alters an existing MD5 hash
68kept in
69.Fa buf
70to reflect the addition of 64 characters
71of new data passed in
72.Fa block
73argument.
74.El
75.Sh COPYRIGHTS
76The code for MD5 transform was taken from Colin Plumb's
77implementation, which has been placed in the public domain.  The
78MD5 cryptographic checksum was devised by Ronald Rivest, and is
79documented in RFC 1321, "The MD5 Message Digest Algorithm".
80