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1.\" $FreeBSD$
2.Dd March 2, 2017
3.Dt MD5 1
4.Os
5.Sh NAME
6.Nm md5 , sha1 , 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 md5
11.Op Fl pqrtx
12.Op Fl c Ar string
13.Op Fl s Ar string
14.Op Ar
15.Nm sha1
16.Op Fl pqrtx
17.Op Fl c Ar string
18.Op Fl s Ar string
19.Op Ar
20.Nm sha256
21.Op Fl pqrtx
22.Op Fl c Ar string
23.Op Fl s Ar string
24.Op Ar
25.Nm sha384
26.Op Fl pqrtx
27.Op Fl c Ar string
28.Op Fl s Ar string
29.Op Ar
30.Nm sha512
31.Op Fl pqrtx
32.Op Fl c Ar string
33.Op Fl s Ar string
34.Op Ar
35.Nm sha512t256
36.Op Fl pqrtx
37.Op Fl c Ar string
38.Op Fl s Ar string
39.Op Ar
40.Nm rmd160
41.Op Fl pqrtx
42.Op Fl c Ar string
43.Op Fl s Ar string
44.Op Ar
45.Nm skein256
46.Op Fl pqrtx
47.Op Fl c Ar string
48.Op Fl s Ar string
49.Op Ar
50.Nm skein512
51.Op Fl pqrtx
52.Op Fl c Ar string
53.Op Fl s Ar string
54.Op Ar
55.Nm skein1024
56.Op Fl pqrtx
57.Op Fl c Ar string
58.Op Fl s Ar string
59.Op Ar
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Nm md5 , sha1 , sha256 , sha384 , sha512, sha512t256, rmd160,
63.Nm skein256, skein512,
64and
65.Nm skein1024
66utilities take as input a message of arbitrary length and produce as
67output a
68.Dq fingerprint
69or
70.Dq message digest
71of the input.
72It is conjectured that it is computationally infeasible to
73produce two messages having the same message digest, or to produce any
74message having a given prespecified target message digest.
75The
76.Tn MD5 , SHA-1 , SHA-256 , SHA-384 , SHA-512, RIPEMD-160,
77and
78.Tn SKEIN
79algorithms are intended for digital signature applications, where a
80large file must be
81.Dq compressed
82in a secure manner before being encrypted with a private
83(secret)
84key under a public-key cryptosystem such as
85.Tn RSA .
86.Pp
87The
88.Tn MD5
89and
90.Tn SHA-1
91algorithms have been proven to be vulnerable to practical collision
92attacks and should not be relied upon to produce unique outputs, nor
93should they be used as part of a cryptographic signature scheme.
94As of 2017-03-02, there is no publicly known method to
95.Em reverse
96either algorithm, i.e. to find an input that produces a specific
97output.
98.Pp
99.Tn SHA-512t256
100is a version of
101.Tn SHA-512
102truncated to only 256 bits.
103On 64-bit hardware, this algorithm is approximately 50% faster than
104.Tn SHA-256
105but with the same level of security.
106The hashes are not interchangeable.
107.Pp
108It is recommended that all new applications use
109.Tn SHA-512
110or
111.Tn SKEIN-512
112instead of one of the other hash functions.
113.Pp
114The following options may be used in any combination and must
115precede any files named on the command line.
116The hexadecimal checksum of each file listed on the command line is printed
117after the options are processed.
118.Bl -tag -width indent
119.It Fl c Ar string
120Compare the digest of the file against this string.
121.Pq Note that this option is not yet useful if multiple files are specified.
122.It Fl s Ar string
123Print a checksum of the given
124.Ar string .
125.It Fl p
126Echo stdin to stdout and append the checksum to stdout.
127.It Fl q
128Quiet mode \(em only the checksum is printed out.
129Overrides the
130.Fl r
131option.
132.It Fl r
133Reverses the format of the output.
134This helps with visual diffs.
135Does nothing
136when combined with the
137.Fl ptx
138options.
139.It Fl t
140Run a built-in time trial.
141.It Fl x
142Run a built-in test script.
143.El
144.Sh EXIT STATUS
145The
146.Nm md5 , sha1 , sha256 , sha512, sha512t256, rmd160,
147.Nm skein256, skein512,
148and
149.Nm skein1024
150utilities exit 0 on success,
1511 if at least one of the input files could not be read,
152and 2 if at least one file does not have the same hash as the
153.Fl c
154option.
155.Sh SEE ALSO
156.Xr cksum 1 ,
157.Xr md5 3 ,
158.Xr ripemd 3 ,
159.Xr sha 3 ,
160.Xr sha256 3 ,
161.Xr sha384 3 ,
162.Xr sha512 3 ,
163.Xr skein 3
164.Rs
165.%A R. Rivest
166.%T The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
167.%O RFC1321
168.Re
169.Rs
170.%A J. Burrows
171.%T The Secure Hash Standard
172.%O FIPS PUB 180-2
173.Re
174.Rs
175.%A D. Eastlake and P. Jones
176.%T US Secure Hash Algorithm 1
177.%O RFC 3174
178.Re
179.Pp
180RIPEMD-160 is part of the ISO draft standard
181.Qq ISO/IEC DIS 10118-3
182on dedicated hash functions.
183.Pp
184Secure Hash Standard (SHS):
185.Pa http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/shs.html .
186.Pp
187The RIPEMD-160 page:
188.Pa http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~bosselae/ripemd160.html .
189.Sh ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
190This program is placed in the public domain for free general use by
191RSA Data Security.
192.Pp
193Support for SHA-1 and RIPEMD-160 has been added by
194.An Oliver Eikemeier Aq Mt eik@FreeBSD.org .
195