EVP_md2 - MD2 For EVP
Contents
Conforming To
IETF RFC 1319.
Copyright
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3.5.0 2025-06-04 EVP_MD2(3SSL)
Description
MD2 is a cryptographic hash function standardized in RFC 1319 and designed by Ronald Rivest. This
implementation is only available with the legacy provider.
EVP_md2()
The MD2 algorithm which produces a 128-bit output from a given input.
Name
EVP_md2 - MD2 For EVP
Notes
Developers should be aware of the negative performance implications of calling this function multiple
times and should consider using EVP_MD_fetch(3) with EVP_MD-MD2(7) instead. See "Performance" in
crypto(7) for further information.
Return Values
These functions return a EVP_MD structure that contains the implementation of the message digest. See
EVP_MD_meth_new(3) for details of the EVP_MD structure.
See Also
evp(7), provider(7), EVP_DigestInit(3)
Synopsis
#include <openssl/evp.h>
const EVP_MD *EVP_md2(void);
