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  1. /**
  2. * @file
  3. * Hashing module documentation file.
  4. */
  5. /**
  6. * @addtogroup hashing_module Hashing module
  7. *
  8. * The Hashing module provides one-way hashing functions. Such functions can be
  9. * used for creating a hash message authentication code (HMAC) when sending a
  10. * message. Such a HMAC can be used in combination with a private key
  11. * for authentication, which is a message integrity control.
  12. * The following hashing-algorithms are provided:
  13. * - MD2, MD4, MD5 128-bit one-way hash functions by Ron Rivest (see
  14. * \c md2_hmac(), \c md4_hmac() and \c md5_hmac()).
  15. * - SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384/512 160-bit or more one-way hash functions by
  16. * NIST and NSA (see\c sha1_hmac(), \c sha2_hmac() and \c sha4_hmac()).
  17. *
  18. * This module provides one-way hashing which can be used for authentication.
  19. */