NAME
Digest::Perl::MD4 - Perl implementation of Ron Rivests MD4
Algorithm
DISCLAIMER
This is not C-code interface (like `Digest::MD5') but a Perl-only
implementation of MD4 (like `Digest::Perl::MD5'). Because of this, it is
slow but avoids platform specific complications. For efficiency you
should use `Digest::MD4' instead of this module if it is available.
SYNOPSIS
# Functional style
use Digest::Perl::MD4 qw(md4 md4_hex md4_base64);
$hash = md4 $data;
$hash = md4_hex $data;
$hash = md4_base64 $data;
# OO style
use Digest::Perl::MD4;
$ctx = Digest::Perl::MD4->new;
$ctx->add($data);
$ctx->addfile(*FILE);
$digest = $ctx->digest;
$digest = $ctx->hexdigest;
$digest = $ctx->b64digest;
MANIFEST
README This file.
MD4.pm The Perl code implementing Rivest's MD4 algorithm.
Digest-MD4.pm A wrapper module called Digest::MD4.
test.pl A test program for the MD4 module.
The MD4 module's interface should be compatible with the C-code MD4
module written by Mike McCauley <
[email protected]>. The Digest-MD4.pm
is provided which makes the MD4 module available as the shorter module
Digest::MD4. It should *not* be installed as is if Mike's module is
already installed. If you want both of these installed (e.g. multiple
platforms are using the same installation), the adaptive aspects of
Digest-MD4.pm will have to be merged with the Mike's actual MD4.pm code.
Assuming "Perl-site-lib" is one of the directories listed in @INC,
install the module like this:
file Perl-site-lib
---- ------------------
MD4.pm Digest/Perl/MD4.pm
Digest-MD4.pm Digest/MD4.pm # if C-code MD4 is NOT installed
AUTHOR
Ted Anderson <
[email protected]>
