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EVP_MD-SHA2

(7ssl)

The SHA2 EVP_MD implementation

Overview, conventions, miscellanyopenssl 3.5.6-1~deb13u2

DESCRIPTION

Support for computing SHA2 digests through the EVP_MD API.

This implementation includes the following varieties:

Available with the FIPS provider as well as the default provider:
Known names are "SHA2-224", "SHA-224" and "SHA224".
Known names are "SHA2-256", "SHA-256" and "SHA256".
Known names are "SHA2-384", "SHA-384" and "SHA384".
Known names are "SHA2-512", "SHA-512" and "SHA512".
Available with the default provider:
Known names are "SHA2-256/192", "SHA-256/192" and "SHA256-192".
Known names are "SHA2-512/224", "SHA-512/224" and "SHA512-224".
Known names are "SHA2-512/256", "SHA-512/256" and "SHA512-256".

This implementation supports the common gettable parameters described in EVP_MD-common(7).

See also