Hash Function Interface SilcHash Hashes Hash-OIDs SILC_HASH_MAXLEN silc_hash_register silc_hash_unregister silc_hash_register_default silc_hash_unregister_all silc_hash_alloc silc_hash_alloc_by_oid silc_hash_free silc_hash_is_supported silc_hash_get_supported silc_hash_len silc_hash_block_len silc_hash_get_name silc_hash_get_oid silc_hash_make silc_hash_init silc_hash_update silc_hash_final silc_hash_transform silc_hash_fingerprint silc_hash_babbleprint

silc_hash_init

SYNOPSIS

    void silc_hash_init(SilcHash hash);

DESCRIPTION

Sometimes calling the silc_hash_make might not be the most optimal case of computing digests. If you have a lot of different data that you need to put together for computing a digest you may either put them into a buffer and compute the digest from the buffer by calling the silc_hash_make, or you can use the silc_hash_init, silc_hash_update and silc_hash_final to do the digest. This function prepares the allocated hash function context for this kind of digest computation. To add the data to be used in the digest computation call the silc_hash_update function.