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authorvanilla <vanilla@FreeBSD.org>1998-08-06 23:18:27 +0800
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- The MD5 module allows you to use the RSA Data Security
- Inc. MD5 Message Digest algorithm from within Perl
- programs.
+The MD5 module allows you to use the RSA Data Security
+Inc. MD5 Message Digest algorithm from within Perl
+programs.
- A new MD5 context object is created with the new
- operation. Multiple simultaneous digest contexts can be
- maintained, if desired. The context is updated with the
- add operation which adds the strings contained in the LIST
- parameter. Note, however, that add('foo', 'bar'),
- add('foo') followed by add('bar') and add('foobar') should
- all give the same result.
+A new MD5 context object is created with the new
+operation. Multiple simultaneous digest contexts can be
+maintained, if desired. The context is updated with the
+add operation which adds the strings contained in the LIST
+parameter. Note, however, that add('foo', 'bar'),
+add('foo') followed by add('bar') and add('foobar') should
+all give the same result.
- The final message digest value is returned by the digest
- operation as a 16-byte binary string. This operation
- delivers the result of add operations since the last new
- or reset operation. Note that the digest operation is
- effectively a destructive, read-once operation. Once it
- has been performed, the context must be reset before being
- used to calculate another digest value.
+The final message digest value is returned by the digest
+operation as a 16-byte binary string. This operation
+delivers the result of add operations since the last new
+or reset operation. Note that the digest operation is
+effectively a destructive, read-once operation. Once it
+has been performed, the context must be reset before being
+used to calculate another digest value.
- Several convenience functions are also provided. The
- addfile operation takes an open file-handle and reads it
- until end-of file in 1024 byte blocks adding the contents
- to the context. The file-handle can either be specified by
- name or passed as a type-glob reference, as shown in the
- examples below. The hexdigest operation calls digest and
- returns the result as a printable string of hexdecimal
- digits. This is exactly the same operation as performed by
- the unpack operation in the examples below.
+Several convenience functions are also provided. The
+addfile operation takes an open file-handle and reads it
+until end-of file in 1024 byte blocks adding the contents
+to the context. The file-handle can either be specified by
+name or passed as a type-glob reference, as shown in the
+examples below. The hexdigest operation calls digest and
+returns the result as a printable string of hexdecimal
+digits. This is exactly the same operation as performed by
+the unpack operation in the examples below.
- The hash operation can act as either a static member
- function (ie you invoke it on the MD5 class as in the
- synopsis above) or as a normal virtual function. In both
- cases it performs the complete MD5 cycle (reset, add,
- digest) on the supplied scalar value. This is convenient
- for handling small quantities of data. When invoked on the
- class a temporary context is created. When invoked through
- an already created context object, this context is used.
- The latter form is slightly more efficient. The hexhash
- operation is analogous to hexdigest.
+The hash operation can act as either a static member
+function (ie you invoke it on the MD5 class as in the
+synopsis above) or as a normal virtual function. In both
+cases it performs the complete MD5 cycle (reset, add,
+digest) on the supplied scalar value. This is convenient
+for handling small quantities of data. When invoked on the
+class a temporary context is created. When invoked through
+an already created context object, this context is used.
+The latter form is slightly more efficient. The hexhash
+operation is analogous to hexdigest.