| MD4(3) | Library Functions Manual | MD4(3) | 
MD4Init, MD4Update,
  MD4Final, MD4End,
  MD4File, MD4Data —
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <md4.h>
void
  
  MD4Init(MD4_CTX
    *context);
void
  
  MD4Update(MD4_CTX
    *context, const unsigned
    char *data, unsigned int
    len);
void
  
  MD4Final(unsigned
    char digest[16], MD4_CTX
    *context);
char *
  
  MD4End(MD4_CTX
    *context, char
    *buf);
char *
  
  MD4File(const
    char *filename, char
    *buf);
char *
  
  MD4Data(const
    unsigned char *data,
    unsigned int len,
    char *buf);
MD2 is the slowest, MD4 is the fastest and MD5 is somewhere in the middle. MD2 can only be used for Privacy-Enhanced Mail. MD4 has been criticized for being too weak, so MD5 was developed in response as ``MD4 with safety-belts''. When in doubt, use MD5.
The MD4Init(),
    MD4Update(), and MD4Final()
    functions are the core functions. Allocate an MD4_CTX, initialize it with
    MD4Init(), run over the data with
    MD4Update(), and finally extract the result using
    MD4Final().
MD4End() is a wrapper for
    MD4Final() which converts the return value to a
    33-character (including the terminating '\0') ASCII string which represents
    the 128 bits in hexadecimal.
MD4File() calculates the digest of a file,
    and uses MD4End() to return the result. If the file
    cannot be opened, a null pointer is returned.
    MD4Data() calculates the digest of a chunk of data
    in memory, and uses MD4End() to return the
  result.
When using MD4End(),
    MD4File(), or MD4Data(), the
    buf argument can be a null pointer, in which case the
    returned string is allocated with
    malloc(3) and subsequently
    must be explicitly deallocated using
    free(3) after use. If the
    buf argument is non-null it must point to at least 33
    characters of buffer space.
B. Kaliski, The MD2 Message-Digest Algorithm, RFC 1319.
R. Rivest, The MD4 Message-Digest Algorithm, RFC 1186.
R. Rivest, The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, RFC 1321.
RSA Laboratories, Frequently Asked Questions About today's Cryptography.
Phk ristede runen.
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| May 22, 2018 | NetBSD 10.0 |