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1.\" $FreeBSD$
2.Dd July 9, 2018
3.Dt MD5 1
4.Os
5.Sh NAME
6.Nm md5 , sha1 , sha224 , sha256 , sha384 , sha512 , sha512t256 , rmd160 ,
7.Nm skein256 , skein512 , skein1024
8.Nd calculate a message-digest fingerprint (checksum) for a file
9.Sh SYNOPSIS
10.Nm
11.Op Fl pqrtx
12.Op Fl c Ar string
13.Op Fl s Ar string
14.Op Ar
15.Pp
16(All other hashes have the same options and usage.)
17.Sh DESCRIPTION
18The
19.Nm md5 , sha1 , sha224 , sha256 , sha384 , sha512, sha512t256, rmd160,
20.Nm skein256, skein512,
21and
22.Nm skein1024
23utilities take as input a message of arbitrary length and produce as
24output a
25.Dq fingerprint
26or
27.Dq message digest
28of the input.
29It is conjectured that it is computationally infeasible to
30produce two messages having the same message digest, or to produce any
31message having a given prespecified target message digest.
32The
33.Tn SHA-224 , SHA-256 , SHA-384 , SHA-512, RIPEMD-160,
34and
35.Tn SKEIN
36algorithms are intended for digital signature applications, where a
37large file must be
38.Dq compressed
39in a secure manner before being encrypted with a private
40(secret)
41key under a public-key cryptosystem such as
42.Tn RSA .
43.Pp
44The
45.Tn MD5
46and
47.Tn SHA-1
48algorithms have been proven to be vulnerable to practical collision
49attacks and should not be relied upon to produce unique outputs,
50.Em nor should they be used as part of a cryptographic signature scheme.
51As of 2017-03-02, there is no publicly known method to
52.Em reverse
53either algorithm, i.e. to find an input that produces a specific
54output.
55.Pp
56.Tn SHA-512t256
57is a version of
58.Tn SHA-512
59truncated to only 256 bits.
60On 64-bit hardware, this algorithm is approximately 50% faster than
61.Tn SHA-256
62but with the same level of security.
63The hashes are not interchangeable.
64.Pp
65It is recommended that all new applications use
66.Tn SHA-512
67or
68.Tn SKEIN-512
69instead of one of the other hash functions.
70.Pp
71The following options may be used in any combination and must
72precede any files named on the command line.
73The hexadecimal checksum of each file listed on the command line is printed
74after the options are processed.
75.Bl -tag -width indent
76.It Fl c Ar string
77Compare the digest of the file against this string.
78.Pq Note that this option is not yet useful if multiple files are specified.
79.It Fl s Ar string
80Print a checksum of the given
81.Ar string .
82.It Fl p
83Echo stdin to stdout and append the checksum to stdout.
84.It Fl q
85Quiet mode \(em only the checksum is printed out.
86Overrides the
87.Fl r
88option.
89.It Fl r
90Reverses the format of the output.
91This helps with visual diffs.
92Does nothing
93when combined with the
94.Fl ptx
95options.
96.It Fl t
97Run a built-in time trial.
98.It Fl x
99Run a built-in test script.
100.El
101.Sh EXIT STATUS
102The
103.Nm md5 , sha1 , sha224 , sha256 , sha512 , sha512t256 , rmd160 ,
104.Nm skein256 , skein512,
105and
106.Nm skein1024
107utilities exit 0 on success,
1081 if at least one of the input files could not be read,
109and 2 if at least one file does not have the same hash as the
110.Fl c
111option.
112.Sh SEE ALSO
113.Xr cksum 1 ,
114.Xr md5 3 ,
115.Xr ripemd 3 ,
116.Xr sha 3 ,
117.Xr sha224 3 ,
118.Xr sha256 3 ,
119.Xr sha384 3 ,
120.Xr sha512 3 ,
121.Xr skein 3
122.Rs
123.%A R. Rivest
124.%T The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
125.%O RFC1321
126.Re
127.Rs
128.%A J. Burrows
129.%T The Secure Hash Standard
130.%O FIPS PUB 180-2
131.Re
132.Rs
133.%A D. Eastlake and P. Jones
134.%T US Secure Hash Algorithm 1
135.%O RFC 3174
136.Re
137.Pp
138RIPEMD-160 is part of the ISO draft standard
139.Qq ISO/IEC DIS 10118-3
140on dedicated hash functions.
141.Pp
142Secure Hash Standard (SHS):
143.Pa http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/shs.html .
144.Pp
145The RIPEMD-160 page:
146.Pa http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~bosselae/ripemd160.html .
147.Sh ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
148This program is placed in the public domain for free general use by
149RSA Data Security.
150.Pp
151Support for SHA-1 and RIPEMD-160 has been added by
152.An Oliver Eikemeier Aq Mt eik@FreeBSD.org .
153