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diff --git a/lib/mbedtls-2.27.0/doxygen/input/doc_hashing.h b/lib/mbedtls-2.27.0/doxygen/input/doc_hashing.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aaa0c78 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/mbedtls-2.27.0/doxygen/input/doc_hashing.h @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +/** + * \file doc_hashing.h + * + * \brief Hashing module documentation file. + */ +/* + * + * Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors + * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 + * + * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may + * not use this file except in compliance with the License. + * You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT + * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + */ + +/** + * @addtogroup hashing_module Hashing module + * + * The Message Digest (MD) or Hashing module provides one-way hashing + * functions. Such functions can be used for creating a hash message + * authentication code (HMAC) when sending a message. Such a HMAC can be used + * in combination with a private key for authentication, which is a message + * integrity control. + * + * All hash algorithms can be accessed via the generic MD layer (see + * \c mbedtls_md_setup()) + * + * The following hashing-algorithms are provided: + * - MD2, MD4, MD5 128-bit one-way hash functions by Ron Rivest. + * - SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384/512 160-bit or more one-way hash functions by + * NIST and NSA. + * + * This module provides one-way hashing which can be used for authentication. + */ |