RustCrypto: hashes 
Collection of cryptographic hash functions written in pure Rust.
All algorithms reside in the separate crates and implemented using traits from digest crate. Additionally all crates do not require the standard library (i.e. no_std capable) and can be easily used for bare-metal or WebAssembly programming.
Supported algorithms
Note: For new applications, or where compatibility with other existing standards is not a primary concern, we strongly recommend to use either BLAKE2, SHA-2 or SHA-3.
| Name | Algorithm | Crates.io | Documentation | Build Status | Security |
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blake2 |
BLAKE2 |  |
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gost94 |
GOST94 (GOST R 34.11-94) |  |
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groestl |
Grøstl (Groestl) |  |
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k12 |
KangarooTwelve |  |
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md2 |
MD2 |  |
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md4 |
MD4 |  |
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md-5
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MD5 |  |
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ripemd160 |
RIPEMD-160 |  |
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ripemd320 |
RIPEMD-320 |  |
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sha-1
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SHA-1 |  |
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sha2 |
SHA-2 |  |
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sha3 |
SHA-3 (Keccak) |  |
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shabal |
SHABAL |  |
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streebog |
Streebog (GOST R 34.11-2012) |  |
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tiger |
Tiger |  |
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whirlpool |
Whirlpool |  |
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NOTE: the BLAKE3 crate implements the digest (and crypto-mac) traits used by the rest of the hashes in this repository, but is maintained by the BLAKE3 team.
* RIPEMD-320 provides only the same security as RIPEMD-160
Crate names
Whenever possible crates are published under the the same name as the crate folder. Owners of md5 and sha1 crates declined (1, 2) to participate in this project. This is why crates marked by md-5 and sha-1 names respectively.
Security Level Legend
The following describes the security level ratings associated with each hash function (i.e. algorithms, not the specific implementation):
| Heart | Description |
|---|---|
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No known successful attacks |
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Theoretical break: security lower than claimed |
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Attack demonstrated in practice: avoid if at all possible |
See the Security page on Wikipedia for more information.
Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV)
All crates in this repository support Rust 1.21 or higher. In future minimally supported version of Rust can be changed, but it will be done with a minor version bump.
Usage
Let us demonstrate how to use crates in this repository using BLAKE2b as an example.
First add blake2 crate to your Cargo.toml:
[dependencies]
blake2 = "0.9"
Note that crates in this repository have an enabled by default std feature. So if you plan to use the crate in no_std enviroments, don't forget to disable it:
[dependencies]
blake2 = { version="0.9", default-features = false }
blake2 and other crates re-export digest crate and Digest trait for convenience, so you don't have to add digest crate as an explicit dependency.
Now you can write the following code:
use blake2::{Blake2b, Digest};
let mut hasher = Blake2b::new();
let data = b"Hello world!";
hasher.update(data);
// `update` can be called repeatedly and is generic over `AsRef<[u8]>`
hasher.update("String data");
// Note that calling `finalize()` consumes hasher
let hash = hasher.finalize();
println!("Result: {:x}", hash);
In this example hash has type GenericArray<u8, U64>, which is a generic alternative to [u8; 64].
Alternatively you can use chained approach, which is equivalent to the previous example:
use blake2::{Blake2b, Digest};
let hash = Blake2b::new()
.chain(b"Hello world!")
.chain("String data")
.finalize();
println!("Result: {:x}", hash);
If the whole message is available you also can use convinience digest method:
use blake2::{Blake2b, Digest};
let hash = Blake2b::digest(b"my message");
println!("Result: {:x}", hash);
Hashing Readable objects
If you want to hash data from Read trait (e.g. from file) you can rely on implementation of Write trait (requires an enabled-by-default std feature):
use blake2::{Blake2b, Digest};
use std::{fs, io};
let mut file = fs::File::open(&path)?;
let mut hasher = Blake2b::new();
let n = io::copy(&mut file, &mut hasher)?;
let hash = hasher.finalize();
println!("Path: {}", path);
println!("Bytes processed: {}", n);
println!("Hash value: {:x}", hash);
Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC)
If you want to calculate Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC), you can use generic implementation from hmac crate, which is a part of the RustCrypto/MACs repository.
Generic code
You can write generic code over Digest (or other traits from digest crate) trait which will work over different hash functions:
use digest::Digest;
use blake2::Blake2b;
use sha2::Sha256;
// Toy example, do not use it in practice!
// Instead use crates from: https://github.com/RustCrypto/password-hashing
fn hash_password<D: Digest>(password: &str, salt: &str, output: &mut [u8]) {
let mut hasher = D::new();
hasher.update(password.as_bytes());
hasher.update(b"$");
hasher.update(salt.as_bytes());
output.copy_from_slice(&hasher.finalize())
}
let mut buf1 = [0u8; 64];
hash_password::<Blake2b>("my_password", "abcd", &mut buf1);
let mut buf2 = [0u8; 32];
hash_password::<Sha256>("my_password", "abcd", &mut buf2);
If you want to use hash functions with trait objects, use digest::DynDigest trait.
License
All crates licensed under either of
at your option.
Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
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