Rhash(3) Perl extension for LibRHash Hash library

SYNOPSIS


use Rhash;

my $msg = "a message text";
print "MD5 = " . Rhash->new(Rhash::MD5)->update($msg)->hash() . "\n";

# more complex example - calculate two hash functions simultaniously
my $r = Rhash->new(Rhash::MD5 | Rhash::SHA1);
$r->update("a message text")->update(" another message");
print "MD5 = ". $r->hash(Rhash::MD5) . "\n";
print "SHA1 = ". $r->hash(Rhash::SHA1) . "\n";

DESCRIPTION

Rhash module is an object-oriented interface to the LibRHash library, which allows one to simultaniously calculate several hash functions for a file or a text message.

SUPPORTED ALGORITHMS

The module supports the following hashing algorithms: CRC32, MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, AICH, ED2K, Tiger, DC++ TTH, BitTorrent BTIH, GOST R 34.11-94, RIPEMD-160, HAS-160, EDON-R 256/512, Whirlpool and Snefru-128/256.

CONSTRUCTOR

Creates and returns new Rhash object. 

  my $r = Rhash->new($hash_id);
  my $p = new Rhash($hash_id); # alternative way to call the constructor

The $hash_id parameter can be union (via bitwise OR) of any of the following bit-flags: 

  Rhash::CRC32,
  Rhash::MD4,
  Rhash::MD5,
  Rhash::SHA1,
  Rhash::TIGER,
  Rhash::TTH,
  Rhash::BTIH,
  Rhash::ED2K,
  Rhash::AICH,
  Rhash::WHIRLPOOL,
  Rhash::RIPEMD160,
  Rhash::GOST,
  Rhash::GOST_CRYPTOPRO,
  Rhash::HAS160,
  Rhash::SNEFRU128,
  Rhash::SNEFRU256,
  Rhash::SHA224,
  Rhash::SHA256,
  Rhash::SHA384,
  Rhash::SHA512,
  Rhash::EDONR256,
  Rhash::EDONR512

Also the Rhash::ALL bit mask is the union of all listed bit-flags. So the object created via Rhash->new(Rhash::ALL) calculates all supported hash functions for the same data.

COMPUTING HASHES

$rhash->update( $msg )
Calculates hashes of the $msg string. The method can be called repeatedly with chunks of the message to be hashed. It returns the $rhash object itself allowing the following construct: 

  $rhash = Rhash->new(Rhash::MD5)->update( $chunk1 )->update( $chunk2 );
$rhash->update_file( $file_path, $start, $size )
$rhash->update_fd( $fd, $start, $size )
Calculate a hash of the file (or its part) specified by $file_path or a file descriptor $fd. The update_fd method doesn't close the $fd, leaving the file position after the hashed block. The optional $start and $size specify the block of the file to hash. No error is reported if the $size is grater than the number of the unread bytes left in the file.

Returns the number of characters actually read, 0 at end of file, or undef if there was an error (in the latter case $! is also set). 

  use Rhash;
  my $r = new Rhash(Rhash::SHA1);
  open(my $fd, "<", "input.txt") or die "cannot open < input.txt: $!";
  while ((my $n = $r->update_fd($fd, undef, 1024) != 0) {
      print "$n bytes hashed. The SHA1 hash is " . $r->final()->hash() . "\n";
      $r->reset();
  }
  defined($n) or die "read error for input.txt: $!";
  close($fd);
$rhash->final()
Finishes calculation for all data buffered by updating methods and stops hash calculation. The function is called automatically by any of the $rhash->hash*() methods if the final() call was skipped.
$rhash->reset()
Resets the $rhash object to the initial state.
$rhash->hashed_length()
Returns the total length of the hashed message.
$rhash->hash_id()
Returns the hash mask, the $rhash object was constructed with.

FORMATING HASH VALUE

Computed hash can be formated as a hexadecimal string (in the forward or reverse byte order), a base32/base64-encoded string or as raw binary data.
$rhash->hash( $hash_id )
Returns the hash string in the default format, which can be hexadecimal or base32. Actually the method is equvalent of 

  (Rhash::is_base32($hash_id) ? $rhash->hash_base32($hash_id) :
    $rhash->hash_hex($hash_id))

If the optional $hash_id parameter is omited or zero, then the method returns the hash for the algorithm contained in $rhash with the lowest identifier.

$rhash->hash_hex( $hash_id )
Returns a specified hash in the hexadecimal format.
$rhash->hash_rhex( $hash_id )
Returns a hexadecimal string of the hash in reversed bytes order. Some programs prefer to output GOST hash in this format.
$rhash->hash_base32( $hash_id )
Returns a specified hash in the base32 format.
$rhash->hash_base64( $hash_id )
Returns a specified hash in the base64 format.
$rhash->magnet_link( $filename, $hash_mask )
Returns the magnet link containing the computed hashes, filesize, and, optionaly, $filename. The $filename (if specified) is URL-encoded, by converting special characters into the %<hexadecimal-code> form. The optional parameter $hash_mask can limit which hash values to put into the link.

STATIC INFORMATION METHODS

Rhash::count()
Returns the number of supported hash algorithms
Rhash::is_base32($hash_id)
Returns nonzero if default output format is Base32 for the hash function specified by $hash_id. Retruns zero if default format is hexadecimal.
Rhash::get_digest_size($hash_id)
Returns the size in bytes of raw binary hash of the specified hash algorithm.
Rhash::get_hash_length($hash_id)
Returns the length of a hash string in default output format for the specified hash algorithm.
Rhash::get_name($hash_id)
Returns the name of the specified hash algorithm.

ALTERNATIVE WAY TO COMPUTE HASH

Rhash::msg($hash_id, $message)
Computes and returns a single hash (in its default format) of the $message by the selected hash algorithm. 

  use Rhash;
  print "SHA1( 'abc' ) = " . Rhash::msg(Rhash::SHA1, "abc");

LICENSE

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