ssl

ft_ssl is a clone of openssl with more instinctive parameters. It's a 42 School project.

ssl can be installed and used on macOS and Linux.

Installation

You may clone the repository and build the source code.

git clone https://github.com/Devessier/ssl.git
cd ssl
make

You can add the binary to your path to access it outside its directory.

Usage

Call ft_ssl in your terminal to launch a REPL. This is the easiest method to test several commands.

Message Digest commands

ssl offers seven hashing algorithms, including six from SHA-2 family. All Message Digest commands have the same options.

Available algorithms

md5
sha224
sha256
sha384
sha512
sha512224
sha512256

Options

-p      Echo STDIN to STDOUT and append the checksum to STDOUT
-q      Quiet mode
-r      Reverse the format of the output
-s      Print the sum of the given string

Examples

# hash a string using MD5
$ ft_ssl md5 -s "hash this string"

# hash two strings using SHA-512 and reverse the output for the second one
$ ft_ssl sha512 -s "first" -r -s "second"

# hash a file using SHA-512/256
$ ft_ssl sha512256 file