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  • digest/digest.c
  • digest/lib/digest.rb
  • digest/lib/digest/hmac.rb
  • digest/sha2/lib/sha2.rb

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Digest

This module provides a framework for message digest libraries.

You may want to look at OpenSSL::Digest as it supports support more algorithms.

A cryptographic hash function is a procedure that takes data and return a fixed bit string : the hash value, also known as digest. Hash functions are also called one-way functions, it is easy to compute a digest from a message, but it is infeasible to generate a message from a digest.

Example ↑

require 'digest'

# Compute a complete digest
sha256 = Digest::SHA256.new
digest = sha256.digest message

# Compute digest by chunks
sha256 = Digest::SHA256.new
sha256.update message1
sha256 << message2 # << is an alias for update

digest = sha256.digest

Digest algorithms ↑

Different digest algorithms (or hash functions) are available :

HMAC

See FIPS PUB 198 The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC)

RIPEMD-160

(as Digest::RMD160) see homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~bosselae/ripemd160.html

SHA1

See FIPS 180 Secure Hash Standard

SHA2 family

See FIPS 180 Secure Hash Standard which defines the following algorithms:

  • SHA512

  • SHA384

  • SHA256

The latest versions of the FIPS publications can be found here: csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsFIPS.html

Additionally Digest::BubbleBabble encodes a digest as a sequence of consonants and vowels which is more recognizable and comparable than a hexadecimal digest. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblebabble

Public Class Methods

hexencode(string) → hexencoded_string click to toggle source

Generates a hex-encoded version of a given string.

 
               static VALUE
rb_digest_s_hexencode(VALUE klass, VALUE str)
{
    return hexencode_str_new(str);
}

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