Digest (Hash) Functions

Functions
string	Qore::DSS (data data)
	Returns the DSS message digest (based on SHA-0 and DSA) of the supplied argument as a hex string. More...
string	Qore::DSS1 (data data)
	Returns the DSS1 message digest (based on SHA1 and DSA) of the supplied argument as a hex string. More...
binary	Qore::DSS1_bin (data data)
	Returns the DSS1 message digest (based on SHA-0 and DSA) of the supplied argument as a binary value. More...
binary	Qore::DSS_bin (data data)
	Returns the DSS message digest (based on SHA-0 and DSA) of the supplied argument as a binary value. More...
string	Qore::MD2 (data data)
	Returns the MD2 message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string. More...
binary	Qore::MD2_bin (data data)
	Returns the MD2 message digest of the supplied argument as binary value. More...
string	Qore::MD4 (data data)
	Returns the MD4 message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string. More...
binary	Qore::MD4_bin (data data)
	Returns the MD4 message digest of the supplied argument as a binary value. More...
string	Qore::MD5 (data data)
	Returns the MD5 message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string. More...
binary	Qore::MD5_bin (data data)
	Returns the MD5 message digest of the supplied argument as a binary value. More...
string	Qore::MDC2 (data data)
	Returns the MDC2 message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string. More...
binary	Qore::MDC2_bin (data data)
	Returns the MDC2 message digest of the supplied argument as a binary value. More...
string	Qore::RIPEMD160 (data data)
	Returns the RIPEMD message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string. More...
binary	Qore::RIPEMD160_binary (data data)
	Returns the RIPEMD message digest of the supplied argument as a binary value. More...
string	Qore::SHA (data data)
	Returns the SHA (outdated SHA-0) message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string. More...
string	Qore::SHA1 (data data)
	Returns the SHA1 message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string. More...
binary	Qore::SHA1_bin (data data)
	Returns the SHA1 message digest of the supplied argument as a binary value. More...
string	Qore::SHA224 (data data)
	Returns the SHA-224 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a hex string. More...
binary	Qore::SHA224_bin (data data)
	Returns the SHA-224 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a binary value. More...
string	Qore::SHA256 (data data)
	Returns the SHA-256 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a hex string. More...
binary	Qore::SHA256_bin (data data)
	Returns the SHA-256 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a binary value. More...
string	Qore::SHA384 (data data)
	Returns the SHA-384 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a hex string. More...
binary	Qore::SHA384_bin (data data)
	Returns the SHA-384 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a binary value. More...
string	Qore::SHA512 (data data)
	Returns the SHA-512 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a hex string. More...
binary	Qore::SHA512_bin (data data)
	Returns the SHA-512 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a binary value. More...
binary	Qore::SHA_bin (data data)
	Returns the SHA (outdated SHA-0) message digest of the supplied argument as a binary value. More...

Detailed Description

Qore's cryptography support is provided by the OpenSSL library.

A cryptographic hash function is a hash function; that is, an algorithm that takes an arbitrary block of data and returns a fixed-size bit string, the (cryptographic) hash value, such that any (accidental or intentional) change to the data will (with very high probability) change the hash value. The data to be encoded are often called the "message," and the hash value is sometimes called the message digest or simply digest.

For more info: Wikipedia's Cryptographic hash function article.

See also:

• Cryptographic Functions
• HMAC Functions
• Cryptographic Contants

Function Documentation

DSS()

string Qore::DSS

(

data

data

)

Returns the DSS message digest (based on SHA-0 and DSA) of the supplied argument as a hex string.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a hex string of the digest (ex: "aaf4c61ddcc5e8a2dabede0f3b482cd9aea9434d")

Example:

string str = DSS("hello"); # returns "aaf4c61ddcc5e8a2dabede0f3b482cd9aea9434d"

Exceptions

DSS-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• DSS_bin()
• digest()

Note

this digest algorithm is considered outdated and is included for backwards-compatibility only when Qore is built with an older openssl library

DSS1()

string Qore::DSS1

(

data

data

)

Returns the DSS1 message digest (based on SHA1 and DSA) of the supplied argument as a hex string.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a hex string of the digest (ex: "aaf4c61ddcc5e8a2dabede0f3b482cd9aea9434d")

Example:

string str = DSS1("hello"); # returns "aaf4c61ddcc5e8a2dabede0f3b482cd9aea9434d"

Exceptions

DSS1-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• DSS1_bin()
• digest()

Note

this digest algorithm is considered outdated and is included for backwards-compatibility only when Qore is built with an older openssl library

DSS1_bin()

binary Qore::DSS1_bin

(

data

data

)

Returns the DSS1 message digest (based on SHA-0 and DSA) of the supplied argument as a binary value.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a binary value of the digest

Example:

binary bin = DSS1_bin("hello");

Exceptions

DSS1-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• DSS1()
• digest()

Note

this digest algorithm is considered outdated and is included for backwards-compatibility only when Qore is built with an older openssl library

DSS_bin()

binary Qore::DSS_bin

(

data

data

)

Returns the DSS message digest (based on SHA-0 and DSA) of the supplied argument as a binary value.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a binary value of the digest

Example:

binary bin = DSS_bin("hello");

Exceptions

DSS-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• DSS()
• digest()

Note

this digest algorithm is considered outdated and is included for backwards-compatibility only when Qore is built with an older openssl library

MD2()

string Qore::MD2

(

data

data

)

Returns the MD2 message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string.

Platform Availability:

Qore::Option::HAVE_MD2

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a hex string of the digest (ex: "a9046c73e00331af68917d3804f70655")

Example:

string str = MD2("hello"); # returns "a9046c73e00331af68917d3804f70655"

Exceptions

MD2-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• MD2_bin()
• digest()

MD2_bin()

binary Qore::MD2_bin

(

data

data

)

Returns the MD2 message digest of the supplied argument as binary value.

Platform Availability:

Qore::Option::HAVE_MD2

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a binary value of the digest

Example:

binary bin = MD2_bin("hello");

Exceptions

MD2-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• MD2()
• digest()

MD4()

string Qore::MD4

(

data

data

)

Returns the MD4 message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a hex string of the digest (ex: "866437cb7a794bce2b727acc0362ee27")

Example:

string str = MD4("hello"); # returns "866437cb7a794bce2b727acc0362ee27"

Exceptions

MD4-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• MD4_bin()
• digest()

MD4_bin()

binary Qore::MD4_bin

(

data

data

)

Returns the MD4 message digest of the supplied argument as a binary value.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a binary value of the digest

Example:

binary bin = MD4_bin("hello");

Exceptions

MD4-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• MD4()
• digest()

MD5()

string Qore::MD5

(

data

data

)

Returns the MD5 message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a hex string of the digest (ex: "5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592")

Example:

string str = MD5("hello"); # returns "5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592"

Exceptions

MD5-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

Note

• equivalent to <string>::toMD5()
• the MD5 algorithm is not collision-resistant; it's recommended to use another hash algorithm (like SHA-256) if cryptographic security is important

See also

• MD5_bin()
• digest()

MD5_bin()

binary Qore::MD5_bin

(

data

data

)

Returns the MD5 message digest of the supplied argument as a binary value.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a binary value of the digest

Example:

binary bin = MD5_bin("hello");

Exceptions

MD5-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• MD5()
• digest()

MDC2()

string Qore::MDC2

(

data

data

)

Returns the MDC2 message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string.

Platform Availability:

Qore::Option::HAVE_MDC2

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a hex string of the digest (ex: "4517036cf97b2407d6fe22aa5ab878a3")

Example:

string str = MDC2("hello"); # returns "4517036cf97b2407d6fe22aa5ab878a3"

Exceptions

MDC2-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• MDC2_bin()
• digest()

MDC2_bin()

binary Qore::MDC2_bin

(

data

data

)

Returns the MDC2 message digest of the supplied argument as a binary value.

Platform Availability:

Qore::Option::HAVE_MDC2

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a binary value of the digest

Example:

binary bin = MDC2_bin("hello");

Exceptions

MDC2-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• MDC2_bin()
• digest()

RIPEMD160()

string Qore::RIPEMD160

(

data

data

)

Returns the RIPEMD message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a hex string of the digest (ex: "108f07b8382412612c048d07d13f814118445acd")

Example:

string str = RIPEMD160("hello"); # returns "108f07b8382412612c048d07d13f814118445acd"

Exceptions

RIPEMD160-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• RIPEMD160_bin()
• digest()

RIPEMD160_binary()

binary Qore::RIPEMD160_binary

(

data

data

)

Returns the RIPEMD message digest of the supplied argument as a binary value.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a binary value of the digest

Example:

binary bin = RIPEMD160_bin("hello");

Exceptions

RIPEMD160-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• RIPEMD160()
• digest()

SHA()

string Qore::SHA

(

data

data

)

Returns the SHA (outdated SHA-0) message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string.

This hash algorithm was withdrawn after publishing and is considered to have serious flaws.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a hex string of the digest (ex: "ac62a630ca850b4ea07eda664eaecf9480843152")

Example:

string str = SHA("hello"); returns "ac62a630ca850b4ea07eda664eaecf9480843152"

Exceptions

SHA-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• SHA_bin()
• digest()

SHA1()

string Qore::SHA1

(

data

data

)

Returns the SHA1 message digest of the supplied argument as a hex string.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a hex string of the digest (ex: "aaf4c61ddcc5e8a2dabede0f3b482cd9aea9434d")

Example:

string str = SHA1("hello"); # "aaf4c61ddcc5e8a2dabede0f3b482cd9aea9434d"

Exceptions

SHA1-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

Note

equivalent to <string>::toSHA1()

See also

• SHA1_bin()
• digest()

SHA1_bin()

binary Qore::SHA1_bin

(

data

data

)

Returns the SHA1 message digest of the supplied argument as a binary value.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a binary value of the digest

Example:

binary bin = SHA1_bin("hello");

Exceptions

SHA1-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• SHA1()
• digest()

SHA224()

string Qore::SHA224

(

data

data

)

Returns the SHA-224 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a hex string.

Platform Availability:

Qore::Option::HAVE_SHA224

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a hex string of the digest (ex: "ea09ae9cc6768c50fcee903ed054556e5bfc8347907f12598aa24193")

Example:

string str = SHA224("hello"); # returns "ea09ae9cc6768c50fcee903ed054556e5bfc8347907f12598aa24193"

Exceptions

SHA224-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

Note

equivalent to <string>::toSHA224()

See also

• digest()
• SHA224_bin()

SHA224_bin()

binary Qore::SHA224_bin

(

data

data

)

Returns the SHA-224 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a binary value.

Platform Availability:

Qore::Option::HAVE_SHA224

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a binary value of the digest

Example:

binary bin = SHA224_bin("hello");

Exceptions

SHA224-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• SHA224()
• digest()

SHA256()

string Qore::SHA256

(

data

data

)

Returns the SHA-256 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a hex string.

Platform Availability:

Qore::Option::HAVE_SHA256

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a hex string of the digest (ex: "2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824")

Example:

string str = SHA256("hello"); # returns "2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824"

Exceptions

SHA256-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

Note

equivalent to <string>::toSHA256()

See also

• SHA256_bin()
• digest()

SHA256_bin()

binary Qore::SHA256_bin

(

data

data

)

Returns the SHA-256 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a binary value.

Platform Availability:

Qore::Option::HAVE_SHA256

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a binary value of the digest

Example:

binary bin = SHA256_bin("hello");

Exceptions

SHA256-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• SHA256()
• digest()

SHA384()

string Qore::SHA384

(

data

data

)

Returns the SHA-384 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a hex string.

Platform Availability:

Qore::Option::HAVE_SHA384

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a hex string of the digest (ex: "59e1748777448c69de6b800d7a33bbfb9ff1b463e44354c3553bcdb9c666fa90125a3c79f90397bdf5f6a13de828684f")

Example:

string str = SHA384("hello"); # returns "59e1748777448c69de6b800d7a33bbfb9ff1b463e44354c3553bcdb9c666fa90125a3c79f90397bdf5f6a13de828684f"

Exceptions

SHA384-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

Note

equivalent to <string>::toSHA384()

See also

• SHA384_bin()
• digest()

SHA384_bin()

binary Qore::SHA384_bin

(

data

data

)

Returns the SHA-384 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a binary value.

Platform Availability:

Qore::Option::HAVE_SHA384

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a binary value of the digest

Example:

binary bin = SHA384_bin("hello");

Exceptions

SHA384-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• SHA384()
• digest()

SHA512()

string Qore::SHA512

(

data

data

)

Returns the SHA-512 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a hex string.

Platform Availability:

Qore::Option::HAVE_SHA512

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a hex string of the digest (ex: "9b71d224bd62f3785d96d46ad3ea3d73319bfbc2890caadae2dff72519673ca72323c3d99ba5c11d7c7acc6e14b8c5da0c4663475c2e5c3adef46f73bcdec043")

Example:

string str = SHA512("hello"); # returns "9b71d224bd62f3785d96d46ad3ea3d73319bfbc2890caadae2dff72519673ca72323c3d99ba5c11d7c7acc6e14b8c5da0c4663475c2e5c3adef46f73bcdec043"

Exceptions

SHA512-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

Note

equivalent to <string>::toSHA512()

See also

• SHA512_bin()
• digest()

SHA512_bin()

binary Qore::SHA512_bin

(

data

data

)

Returns the SHA-512 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the supplied argument as a binary value.

Platform Availability:

Qore::Option::HAVE_SHA512

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a binary value of the digest

Example:

binary bin = SHA512_bin("hello");

Exceptions

SHA512-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• SHA512()
• digest()

SHA_bin()

binary Qore::SHA_bin

(

data

data

)

Returns the SHA (outdated SHA-0) message digest of the supplied argument as a binary value.

This hash algorithm was withdrawn after publishing and is considered to have serious flaws.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Parameters

data	the data to process and produce a digest for; the trailing null character is not included in the digest when processing string arguments

Returns

a binary value of the digest

Example:

binary bin = SHA_bin("hello");

Exceptions

SHA-DIGEST-ERROR

error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

See also

• SHA()
• digest()