Digest::MultiHash - XOR based, variable width multiplexing of hashes (a generalized Digest::SV1).
use Digest::MultiHash; my $d = Digest::Multihash->new( width => 16, # bytes hashs => ["SHA-512", "Whirlpool"], # see below for arbitrary arguments ); $d->add($data); print $d->hexdigest;
This class inherits from Digest::base, and provides generalized digest multiplexing.
It will multiplex all calls to add to all of it's sub digest objects. Likewise, when the final digest is extracted the digests will be extracted and then XOR'd over eachother according to width.
add
width
width will default to the width of the first hash if unspecified.
hashes defaults to SHA-1 for compatibility reasons.
hashes
SHA-1
This module is useful for generating keys from passphrases, by supplying the desired width and simply making sure there is enough data from the combined hashes.
See Digest for the complete API. This module inherits from Digest::base.
This methods accepts a hash reference or an even sized list of parameters named according to the methods.
Compute the hash by calling digest on all of the subhashes, splitting the result up into width sized chunk, and then XORing these together.
digest
If the result is not aligned on width the result will not be truncated. The shorter string will still be XOR'd with the hash, even if this only affects part of the result.
If there are not at least width bytes of data in the output of the combined hashes an error is thrown.
Clones the hash.
Get the array of hashes to use. Array values in this will be dereferenced before the call to "new" in Digest to allow passing of arbitrary arguments. Blessed objects (of any class) will be used verbatim.
The list of hashes cannot be changed after construction.
Get/set the byte-width to use.
Digest, Digest::SV1, Digest::SHA1
To install Crypt::Util, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Crypt::Util
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Crypt::Util
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.