(MFC) Hash Algorithms: SHA-1, HAVAL, MD2, MD5, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512

How to create hashes (message digests) for strings.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkCrypt2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkCrypt2 crypt;

    const char *s = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";

    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha1");
    crypt.put_EncodingMode("hex");

    // Other possible EncodingMode settings are: 
    // "quoted-printable", "base64","url", and many more..

    const char *hash = crypt.hashStringENC(s);
    strOut.append("SHA1: ");
    strOut.append(hash);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Hash using MD2
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("md2");
    hash = crypt.hashStringENC(s);
    strOut.append("MD2: ");
    strOut.append(hash);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Hash using MD5
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("md5");
    hash = crypt.hashStringENC(s);
    strOut.append("MD5: ");
    strOut.append(hash);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Note: SHA-2 is a set of cryptographic hash functions (SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512)

    // Hash using SHA-256
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha256");
    hash = crypt.hashStringENC(s);
    strOut.append("SHA256: ");
    strOut.append(hash);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Hash using SHA-384
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha384");
    hash = crypt.hashStringENC(s);
    strOut.append("SHA384: ");
    strOut.append(hash);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Hash using SHA-512
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha512");
    hash = crypt.hashStringENC(s);
    strOut.append("SHA512: ");
    strOut.append(hash);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Hash using HAVAL
    // There are two additional properties relevant to HAVAL:
    // HavalRounds, and KeyLength.
    // HavalRounds can have values of 3, 4, or 5.
    // KeyLength can have values of 128, 160, 192, 224, or 256
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("haval");
    crypt.put_HavalRounds(5);
    crypt.put_KeyLength(256);
    hash = crypt.hashStringENC(s);
    strOut.append("Haval: ");
    strOut.append(hash);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Hashes for "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

    // SHA1:
    // 2FD4E1C67A2D28FCED849EE1BB76E7391B93EB12

    // MD2:
    // 03D85A0D629D2C442E987525319FC471

    // MD5:
    // 9E107D9D372BB6826BD81D3542A419D6

    // SHA256:
    // D7A8FBB307D7809469CA9ABCB0082E4F8D5651E46D3CDB762D02D0BF37C9E592

    // SHA384:
    // CA737F1014A48F4C0B6DD43CB177B0AFD9E5169367544C494011E3317DBF9A509CB1E5DC1E85A941BBEE3D7F2AFBC9B1

    // SHA512:
    // 07E547D9586F6A73F73FBAC0435ED76951218FB7D0C8D788A309D785436BBB642E93A252A954F23912547D1E8A3B5ED6E1BFD7097821233FA0538F3DB854FEE6

    // Haval:
    // B89C551CDFE2E06DBD4CEA2BE1BC7D557416C58EBB4D07CBC94E49F710C55BE


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }