Reinaldo Matukuma: > Hello all.
> I will try to explain what I need and what I want to do. > I know a hash from a file "X". And I also know that this file "X" has > data always been appended at end periodically. > So, I want to only update the hash information of the file without > the need to read all the file again. > I know that I have only the previous hash from file before the update... > But... How can I set this previous hash information on a new MD > context (really isolated because will be done by another process)? If this were possible, it would render the secure hash function no longer secure. You would have to save not the final hash (which intentionally removes information) but the internal hash state just before the hash was finalized. DS ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org