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Also corrected a few minor formatting errors, file location and cross references in some of the section 3 man pages. This shuts up a lot of the output from "manck" for section 3.
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.\" "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42):
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.\" <phk@login.dkuug.dk> wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you
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.\" can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think
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.\" this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return. Poul-Henning Kamp
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd July 14, 1994
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.Dt MDX 3
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.Os FreeBSD 2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm MDXInit ,
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.Nm MDXUpdate ,
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.Nm MDXFinal ,
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.Nm MDXEnd ,
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.Nm MDXFile ,
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.Nm MDXData
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.Nd calculate ``MDX'' cryptographic checksum
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <mdX.h>
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.Ft void
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.Fn MDXInit "MDX_CTX *context"
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.Ft void
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.Fn MDXUpdate "MDX_CTX *context" "unsigned char *data" "unsigned int len"
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.Ft void
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.Fn MDXFinal "unsigned char digest[16]" "MDX_CTX *context"
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.Ft "char *"
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.Fn MDXEnd "MDX_CTX *context" "char *buf"
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.Ft "char *"
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.Fn MDXFile "char *filename" "char *buf"
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.Ft "char *"
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.Fn MDXData "unsigned char *data" "unsigned int len" "char *buf"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The MDX functions calculate a 128-bit cryptographic checksum (digest)
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for any number of input bytes. A cryptographic checksum is a one-way
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hash-function, that is, you cannot find (except by exhaustive search)
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the input corresponding to a particular output. This net result is
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a ``fingerprint'' of the input-data, which doesn't disclose the actual
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input.
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MD2 is the slowest, MD4 is the fastest and MD5 is somewhere in the middle.
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MD2 can only be used for Privacy-Enhanced Mail.
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MD4 has been critizised for being to weak, and MD5 was developed as a
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response to this as ``MD4 with safety-belts''. If in doubt, use MD5.
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The
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.Fn MDXInit ,
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.Fn MDXUpdate
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and
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.Fn MDXFinal
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functions are the core functions. Allocate a MDX_CTX, initialize it with
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.Fn MDXInit
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run over the data with
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.Fn MDXUpdate
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and finally extract the result using
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.Fn MDXFinal .
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.Fn MDXEnd
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is a wrapper for
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.Fn MDXFinal ,
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which converts the return value to a 33 character (incl terminating NULL)
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ascii string which represents the 128 bits in hexadecimal.
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.Fn MDXFile
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calculates the digest of a file, and uses
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.Fn MDXFinal
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to return the result.
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In case the file cannot be opened, NULL is returned.
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.Fn MDXData
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calculates the digest of a chunk of data in memory, and uses
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.Fn MDXFinal
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to return the result.
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When using
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.Fn MDXEnd ,
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.Fn MDXFile
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or
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.Fn MDXData ,
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the
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.Ar buf
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argument can be NULL, in which case the returned string is allocated with
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.Xr malloc 3
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and subsequently must be explicitly deallocated using
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.Xr free 3
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after use.
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If the
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.Ar buf
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argument isn't NULL it must point to at least 33 characters of buffer space.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr md2 3 ,
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.Xr md4 3 ,
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.Xr md5 3
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.Pp
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ISOC
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Internet Request For Comments
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.%T RFC1319 ,
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.%T RFC1320
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and
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.%T RFC1321 .
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.Pp
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RSA Laboratories
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.%T Frequently Asked Questions About today's Cryptography .
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.Sh AUTHOR
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The MD2, MD4 and MD5 is designed and written by Ron Rivest and published in
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the above RFC's, including a reference implementation of each algorithm.
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This code is derived directly from these implementations by Poul-Henning Kamp
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<phk@login.dkuug.dk>
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Phk ristede runen.
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.Sh HISTORY
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These functions appeared in
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.Em FreeBSD-2.0
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.Sh BUGS
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No method is known to exist which finds two files having the same hash value,
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nor to find a file with a specific hash value.
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There is on the other hand no guarantee that such a method doesn't exist.
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MD2 has only been released for use in Privacy Enhanced eMail.
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Use MD4 or MD5 if that isn't what you're doing.
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.Sh COPYRIGHT
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