Initialize a digest context for hashing with type (legacy ENGINE‐aware form).

Synopsis

Declared in <openssl/evp.h>

int
EVP_DigestInit(
    EVP_MD_CTX* ctx,
    EVP_MD const* type);

Description

Prefer EVP_DigestInit_ex2() for new code.

Return Value

1 on success, or 0 on failure.

Parameters

Name

Description

ctx

Digest context to initialize.

type

Digest method to use, or NULL to clear.

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