Digest::BLAKE - Perl interface to the BLAKE digest algorithm

NAME

Digest::BLAKE - Perl interface to the BLAKE digest algorithm

SYNOPSIS

    # Functional interface
    use Digest::BLAKE qw(blake_256 blake_256_hex blake_256_base64);
    $digest = blake_256($data);
    $digest = blake_256_hex($data);
    $digest = blake_256_base64($data);
    # Object-oriented interface
    use Digest::BLAKE;
    $ctx = Digest::BLAKE->new(256);
    $ctx->add($data);
    $ctx->addfile(*FILE);
    $digest = $ctx->digest;
    $digest = $ctx->hexdigest;
    $digest = $ctx->b64digest;

DESCRIPTION

The Digest::BLAKE module provides an interface to the BLAKE message digest algorithm. BLAKE is a candidate in the NIST SHA-3 competition.

This interface follows the conventions set forth by the Digest module.

FUNCTIONS

The following functions are provided by the Digest::BLAKE module. None of these functions are exported by default.

blake_224($data, ...)

blake_256($data, ...)

blake_384($data, ...)

blake_512($data, ...)

Logically joins the arguments into a single string, and returns its BLAKE digest encoded as a binary string.

blake_224_hex($data, ...)

blake_256_hex($data, ...)

blake_384_hex($data, ...)

blake_512_hex($data, ...)

Logically joins the arguments into a single string, and returns its BLAKE digest encoded as a hexadecimal string.

blake_224_base64($data, ...)

blake_256_base64($data, ...)

blake_384_base64($data, ...)

blake_512_base64($data, ...)

Logically joins the arguments into a single string, and returns its BLAKE digest encoded as a Base64 string, without any trailing padding.

METHODS

The object-oriented interface to Digest::BLAKE is identical to that described by Digest, except for the following:

new

    $blake = Digest::BLAKE->new(256)

The constructor requires the algorithm to be specified. It must be one of: 224, 256, 384, 512.

algorithm

hashsize

Returns the algorithm used by the object.

SEE ALSO

Digest

the Task::Digest manpage

http://131002.net/blake/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIST_hash_function_competition

http://www.saphir2.com/sphlib/

REQUESTS AND BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Digest::BLAKE

You can also look for information at:

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2010-2011 gray <gray at cpan.org>, all rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

gray, <gray at cpan.org>

 Digest::BLAKE - Perl interface to the BLAKE digest algorithm