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 NAME
MDC2, MDC2_Init, MDC2_Update, MDC2_Final - MDC2 hash function
 SYNOPSIS
 Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 1
 #include <openssl/mdc2.h>
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The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be
hidden entirely by defining OPENSSL_API_COMPAT with a suitable version value,
see openssl_user_macros\|(7):

.Vb 2
 unsigned char *MDC2(const unsigned char *d, unsigned long n,
  unsigned char *md);
\&
 int MDC2_Init(MDC2_CTX *c);
 int MDC2_Update(MDC2_CTX *c, const unsigned char *data,
  unsigned long len);
 int MDC2_Final(unsigned char *md, MDC2_CTX *c);
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 DESCRIPTION
 Header "DESCRIPTION" All of the functions described on this page are deprecated.
Applications should instead use EVP_DigestInit_ex\|(3), EVP_DigestUpdate\|(3)
and EVP_DigestFinal_ex\|(3).

MDC2 is a method to construct hash functions with 128 bit output from
block ciphers. These functions are an implementation of MDC2 with
DES.

\fBMDC2() computes the MDC2 message digest of the n
bytes at d and places it in md (which must have space for
MDC2_DIGEST_LENGTH == 16 bytes of output). If md is NULL, the digest
is placed in a static array.

The following functions may be used if the message is not completely
stored in memory:

\fBMDC2_Init() initializes a MDC2_CTX structure.

\fBMDC2_Update() can be called repeatedly with chunks of the message to
be hashed (len bytes at data).

\fBMDC2_Final() places the message digest in md, which must have space
for MDC2_DIGEST_LENGTH == 16 bytes of output, and erases the MDC2_CTX.

Applications should use the higher level functions
\fBEVP_DigestInit\|(3) etc. instead of calling the
hash functions directly.
 "RETURN VALUES"
 Header "RETURN VALUES" \fBMDC2() returns a pointer to the hash value.

\fBMDC2_Init(), MDC2_Update() and MDC2_Final() return 1 for success, 0 otherwise.
 "CONFORMING TO"
 Header "CONFORMING TO" ISO/IEC 10118-2:2000 Hash-Function 2, with DES as the underlying block cipher.
 "SEE ALSO"
 Header "SEE ALSO" \fBEVP_DigestInit\|(3)
 HISTORY
 Header "HISTORY" All of these functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
 COPYRIGHT
 Header "COPYRIGHT" Copyright 2000-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.