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Paul Bakker37ca75d2011-01-06 12:28:03 +00001/**
2 * @file
3 * Hashing module documentation file.
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Paul Bakker37ca75d2011-01-06 12:28:03 +000021 */
22
23/**
24 * @addtogroup hashing_module Hashing module
Paul Bakkerdcbfdcc2013-09-10 16:16:50 +020025 *
Paul Bakker37ca75d2011-01-06 12:28:03 +000026 * The Hashing module provides one-way hashing functions. Such functions can be
Paul Bakkerdcbfdcc2013-09-10 16:16:50 +020027 * used for creating a hash message authentication code (HMAC) when sending a
Paul Bakker37ca75d2011-01-06 12:28:03 +000028 * message. Such a HMAC can be used in combination with a private key
Paul Bakkerdcbfdcc2013-09-10 16:16:50 +020029 * for authentication, which is a message integrity control.
30 *
31 * All hash algorithms can be accessed via the generic MD layer (see
Manuel Pégourié-Gonnardabb67442015-03-25 16:29:51 +010032 * \c md_setup())
Paul Bakkerdcbfdcc2013-09-10 16:16:50 +020033 *
Paul Bakker37ca75d2011-01-06 12:28:03 +000034 * The following hashing-algorithms are provided:
Manuel Pégourié-Gonnardd4b91732015-03-25 16:25:23 +010035 * - MD2, MD4, MD5 128-bit one-way hash functions by Ron Rivest.
Paul Bakkerdcbfdcc2013-09-10 16:16:50 +020036 * - SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384/512 160-bit or more one-way hash functions by
Manuel Pégourié-Gonnardd4b91732015-03-25 16:25:23 +010037 * NIST and NSA.
Paul Bakker37ca75d2011-01-06 12:28:03 +000038 *
39 * This module provides one-way hashing which can be used for authentication.
40 */