HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum A.01.01.02 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11i v2 Documentation Web Site: http://www.docs.hp.com Manufacturing Part Number: 5991-4876 February 2006 United States © Copyright 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P.
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HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum Release Notes This document contains information for the HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum version A.01.01.02.
HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum Release Notes Announcement Announcement The HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum bundle consists of a secure checksum command (md5sum) and hashing libraries that provide a file integrity mechanism based on the standard Message Digest 5 (MD5) algorithm. The md5sum command generates 128-bit message digests and by default runs in multi-threaded mode, in which it processes the input files in parallel.
HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum Release Notes Overview Overview You can use the HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum to establish checksum values for files and use the checksum to verify file contents later. If you know the MD5 checksum value that was previously established for an executable binary file or other static file, you can use the HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum utility md5sum to periodically verify the integrity of the file.
HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum Release Notes Overview The md5sum command provides the -n option to hash input file arguments in parallel (refer to md5sum (1)), significantly increasing the overall command performance. This performance improvement is based on a patented1 architecture. • Scalability and adaptability The multithreading feature of md5sum scales with the number of CPUs and adapts to the host system.
HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum Release Notes What’s in this Version What’s in this Version The fixes for the following Service Requests (SRs) are included in Release 1.1: SR Number Description 8606-415812 (JAGaf75666) Change the return value type and function parameter types for the md5_fd(), md5_file(), and md5_string() library calls to int64_t. 8606-415823 (JAGaf75677) Applications using the libcryptx libraries must be compiled with an ANSI C compliant compiler.
HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements This section describes the requirements for installing HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum Release 1.1. OS Platform and Version Compatibility HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11i v2. Software Requirements No additional software is required. Hardware Requirements HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum Release 1.
HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum Release Notes Installation Information Installation Information This section contains information about installing the HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum bundle. Installing From Software Depot Step 1. Download the depot file to the /tmp directory on the target system. The depot file name will vary according to the system architecture type and HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum release number. For example, MD5Checksum,r=A.01.01.02,a=HP-UX_B.11.11_32_64.depot and MD5Checksum,r=A.01.01.02,a=HP-UX_B.
HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum Release Notes Installation Information When you install the HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum bundle, the following components will be included: • • • • • • The md5sum command The md5sum (1) man page The md5sum.cat message catalog file The md5.h header file The md5 (3) man page The libcryptx.0 and libcryptx.so.
HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum Release Notes Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages The Native Language Support (NLS) for the HP-UX MD5 Secure Checksum product is as follows: • The software is available in English only. • The product documentation is available in English only.
