.\" $OpenBSD: sha1.3,v 1.36 2007/05/31 19:19:29 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 2004 Todd C. Miller .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .\" See http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips180-1/fip180-1.txt .\" for the detailed standard .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: February 13 2008 $ .Dt SHA1 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm SHA1Init , .Nm SHA1Update , .Nm SHA1Pad , .Nm SHA1Final , .Nm SHA1Transform , .Nm SHA1End , .Nm SHA1File , .Nm SHA1FileChunk , .Nm SHA1Data .Nd calculate the NIST Secure Hash Algorithm .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libmd .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include .Fd #include .Ft void .Fn SHA1Init "SHA1_CTX *context" .Ft void .Fn SHA1Update "SHA1_CTX *context" "const uint8_t *data" "size_t len" .Ft void .Fn SHA1Pad "SHA1_CTX *context" .Ft void .Fn SHA1Final "uint8_t digest[SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH]" "SHA1_CTX *context" .Ft void .Fn SHA1Transform "uint32_t state[5]" "const uint8_t buffer[SHA1_BLOCK_LENGTH]" .Ft "char *" .Fn SHA1End "SHA1_CTX *context" "char *buf" .Ft "char *" .Fn SHA1File "const char *filename" "char *buf" .Ft "char *" .Fn SHA1FileChunk "const char *filename" "char *buf" "off_t offset" "off_t length" .Ft "char *" .Fn SHA1Data "const uint8_t *data" "size_t len" "char *buf" .Sh DESCRIPTION The SHA1 functions implement the NIST Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-1), FIPS PUB 180-1. SHA-1 is used to generate a condensed representation of a message called a message digest. The algorithm takes a message less than 2^64 bits as input and produces a 160-bit digest suitable for use as a digital signature. .Pp While the SHA1 functions are considered to be more secure than the .Xr md4 3 and .Xr md5 3 functions with which they share a similar interface, they are considered insecure as of 2005, and as of 2020 chosen-prefix attacks have become practical, thus these must not be used in cryptographic contexts. .Pp The .Fn SHA1Init function initializes a SHA1_CTX .Ar context for use with .Fn SHA1Update , and .Fn SHA1Final . The .Fn SHA1Update function adds .Ar data of length .Ar len to the SHA1_CTX specified by .Ar context . .Fn SHA1Final is called when all data has been added via .Fn SHA1Update and stores a message digest in the .Ar digest parameter. .Pp The .Fn SHA1Pad function can be used to apply padding to the message digest as in .Fn SHA1Final , but the current context can still be used with .Fn SHA1Update . .Pp The .Fn SHA1Transform function is used by .Fn SHA1Update to hash 512-bit blocks and forms the core of the algorithm. Most programs should use the interface provided by .Fn SHA1Init , .Fn SHA1Update and .Fn SHA1Final instead of calling .Fn SHA1Transform directly. .Pp The .Fn SHA1End function is a front end for .Fn SHA1Final which converts the digest into an .Tn ASCII representation of the 160 bit digest in hexadecimal. .Pp The .Fn SHA1File function calculates the digest for a file and returns the result via .Fn SHA1End . If .Fn SHA1File is unable to open the file a NULL pointer is returned. .Pp .Fn SHA1FileChunk behaves like .Fn SHA1File but calculates the digest only for that portion of the file starting at .Fa offset and continuing for .Fa length bytes or until end of file is reached, whichever comes first. A zero .Fa length can be specified to read until end of file. A negative .Fa length or .Fa offset will be ignored. .Pp The .Fn SHA1Data function calculates the digest of an arbitrary string and returns the result via .Fn SHA1End . .Pp For each of the .Fn SHA1End , .Fn SHA1File , and .Fn SHA1Data functions the .Ar buf parameter should either be a string of at least 41 characters in size or a NULL pointer. In the latter case, space will be dynamically allocated via .Xr malloc 3 and should be freed using .Xr free 3 when it is no longer needed. .Sh EXAMPLES The follow code fragment will calculate the digest for the string "abc" which is ``0xa9993e364706816aba3e25717850c26c9cd0d89d''. .Bd -literal -offset indent SHA1_CTX sha; uint8_t results[SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH]; char *buf; int n; buf = "abc"; n = strlen(buf); SHA1Init(&sha); SHA1Update(&sha, (uint8_t *)buf, n); SHA1Final(results, &sha); /* Print the digest as one long hex value */ printf("0x"); for (n = 0; n < SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH; n++) printf("%02x", results[n]); putchar('\en'); .Ed .Pp Alternately, the helper functions could be used in the following way: .Bd -literal -offset indent uint8_t output[SHA1_DIGEST_STRING_LENGTH]; char *buf = "abc"; printf("0x%s\en", SHA1Data(buf, strlen(buf), output)); .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr cksum 1 , .Xr sha1 1 , .Xr md4 3 , .Xr md5 3 , .Xr rmd160 3 , .Xr sha2 3 .Rs .%A J. Burrows .%T The Secure Hash Standard .%O FIPS PUB 180-1 .Re .Rs .%A D. Eastlake and P. Jones .%T US Secure Hash Algorithm 1 .%O RFC 3174 .Re .Sh HISTORY The SHA-1 functions appeared in .Ox 2.0 . .Sh AUTHORS This implementation of SHA-1 was written by Steve Reid. .Pp The .Fn SHA1End , .Fn SHA1File , .Fn SHA1FileChunk , and .Fn SHA1Data helper functions are derived from code written by Poul-Henning Kamp. .Sh CAVEATS This implementation of SHA-1 has not been validated by NIST and as such is not in official compliance with the standard. .Pp If a message digest is to be copied to a multi-byte type (ie: an array of five 32-bit integers) it will be necessary to perform byte swapping on little endian machines such as the i386, alpha, and vax.