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+/*
+ *  generic message digest layer demonstration program
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2006-2010, Brainspark B.V.
+ *
+ *  This file is part of PolarSSL (http://www.polarssl.org)
+ *  Lead Maintainer: Paul Bakker <polarssl_maintainer at polarssl.org>
+ *
+ *  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  This program 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.
+ *
+ *  This program 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.,
+ *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
+#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE 1
+#endif
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "polarssl/md.h"
+
+static int generic_wrapper( const md_info_t *md_info, char *filename, unsigned char *sum )
+{
+    int ret = md_file( md_info, filename, sum );
+
+    if( ret == 1 )
+        fprintf( stderr, "failed to open: %s\n", filename );
+
+    if( ret == 2 )
+        fprintf( stderr, "failed to read: %s\n", filename );
+
+    return( ret );
+}
+
+static int generic_print( const md_info_t *md_info, char *filename )
+{
+    int i;
+    unsigned char sum[POLARSSL_MD_MAX_SIZE];
+
+    if( generic_wrapper( md_info, filename, sum ) != 0 )
+        return( 1 );
+
+    for( i = 0; i < md_info->size; i++ )
+        printf( "%02x", sum[i] );
+
+    printf( "  %s\n", filename );
+    return( 0 );
+}
+
+static int generic_check( const md_info_t *md_info, char *filename )
+{
+    int i;
+    size_t n;
+    FILE *f;
+    int nb_err1, nb_err2;
+    int nb_tot1, nb_tot2;
+    unsigned char sum[POLARSSL_MD_MAX_SIZE];
+    char buf[POLARSSL_MD_MAX_SIZE * 2 + 1], line[1024];
+
+    if( ( f = fopen( filename, "rb" ) ) == NULL )
+    {
+        printf( "failed to open: %s\n", filename );
+        return( 1 );
+    }
+
+    nb_err1 = nb_err2 = 0;
+    nb_tot1 = nb_tot2 = 0;
+
+    memset( line, 0, sizeof( line ) );
+
+    n = sizeof( line );
+
+    while( fgets( line, n - 1, f ) != NULL )
+    {
+        n = strlen( line );
+
+        if( n < (size_t) 2 * md_info->size + 4 )
+        {
+            printf("No '%s' hash found on line.\n", md_info->name);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if( line[2 * md_info->size] != ' ' || line[2 * md_info->size + 1] != ' ' )
+        {
+            printf("No '%s' hash found on line.\n", md_info->name);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if( line[n - 1] == '\n' ) { n--; line[n] = '\0'; }
+        if( line[n - 1] == '\r' ) { n--; line[n] = '\0'; }
+
+        nb_tot1++;
+
+        if( generic_wrapper( md_info, line + 2 + 2 * md_info->size, sum ) != 0 )
+        {
+            nb_err1++;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        nb_tot2++;
+
+        for( i = 0; i < md_info->size; i++ )
+            sprintf( buf + i * 2, "%02x", sum[i] );
+
+        if( memcmp( line, buf, 2 * md_info->size ) != 0 )
+        {
+            nb_err2++;
+            fprintf( stderr, "wrong checksum: %s\n", line + 66 );
+        }
+
+        n = sizeof( line );
+    }
+
+    if( nb_err1 != 0 )
+    {
+        printf( "WARNING: %d (out of %d) input files could "
+                "not be read\n", nb_err1, nb_tot1 );
+    }
+
+    if( nb_err2 != 0 )
+    {
+        printf( "WARNING: %d (out of %d) computed checksums did "
+                "not match\n", nb_err2, nb_tot2 );
+    }
+
+    return( nb_err1 != 0 || nb_err2 != 0 );
+}
+
+int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
+{
+    int ret, i;
+    const md_info_t *md_info;
+    md_context_t md_ctx;
+
+    memset( &md_ctx, 0, sizeof( md_context_t ));
+
+    if( argc == 1 )
+    {
+        const int *list;
+
+        printf( "print mode:  generic_sum <md> <file> <file> ...\n" );
+        printf( "check mode:  generic_sum <md> -c <checksum file>\n" );
+
+        printf( "\nAvailable message digests:\n" );
+        list = md_list();
+        while( *list )
+        {
+            md_info = md_info_from_type( *list );
+            printf( "  %s\n", md_info->name );
+            list++;
+        }
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+        printf( "\n  Press Enter to exit this program.\n" );
+        fflush( stdout ); getchar();
+#endif
+
+        return( 1 );
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Read the MD from the command line
+     */
+    md_info = md_info_from_string( argv[1] );
+    if( md_info == NULL )
+    {
+        fprintf( stderr, "Message Digest '%s' not found\n", argv[1] );
+        return( 1 );
+    }
+    if( md_init_ctx( &md_ctx, md_info) )
+    {
+        fprintf( stderr, "Failed to initialize context.\n" );
+        return( 1 );
+    }
+    printf("%08x\n", (unsigned int) md_ctx.md_ctx );
+
+    ret = 0;
+    if( argc == 4 && strcmp( "-c", argv[2] ) == 0 )
+    {
+        ret |= generic_check( md_info, argv[3] );
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    printf("%08x\n", (unsigned int) md_ctx.md_ctx );
+    for( i = 2; i < argc; i++ )
+        ret |= generic_print( md_info, argv[i] );
+
+exit:
+    printf("%08x\n", (unsigned int) md_ctx.md_ctx );
+    md_free_ctx( &md_ctx );
+
+    return( ret );
+}