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@@ -1,88 +1,125 @@ -Checksum utility for Keccak and its close -derivatives SHA-3, SHAKE and RawSHAKE. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - -Performance benchmark on a 1 GiB file (yes, -that is quite large) with /dev/urandom data: - -$ keccak-224sum -real 0m9.550s -user 0m9.223s -sys 0m0.320s - -$ keccak-256sum -real 0m9.841s -user 0m9.560s -sys 0m0.260s - -$ keccak-384sum -real 0m12.902s -user 0m12.580s -sys 0m0.313s - -$ keccak-512sum -real 0m18.084s -user 0m17.823s -sys 0m0.243s - -$ keccaksum -real 0m10.438s -user 0m10.140s -sys 0m0.287s - -$ sha1sum -real 0m3.421s -user 0m3.157s -sys 0m0.253s - -$ sha224sum -real 0m8.196s -user 0m7.910s -sys 0m0.263s - -$ sha256sum -real 0m9.361s -user 0m9.097s -sys 0m0.257s - -$ sha384sum -real 0m5.450s -user 0m5.223s -sys 0m0.220s - -$ sha512sum -real 0m4.507s -user 0m4.247s -sys 0m0.257s - -$ md5sum -real 0m2.987s -user 0m2.703s -sys 0m0.283s - -$ md6sum -real 1m28.873s -user 1m28.470s -sys 0m0.360s - - -Note: -The times are a bit random, and only one run -has been made. "user" is the most interesting -data. Additionally, only the pure keccak variants -have been tested because the difference is -between them and the other are quite small; -and of course the other hashing utilities from -other packages using other algorithm-families. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - -The implementation of the algorithms is done -in libkeccak (https://github.com/maandree/libkeccak), -so to verify that this program is correct, -verify libkeccak using its test suite -(https://github.com/maandree/libkeccak/blob/master/src/test.c) -and check that some of hashes are returned identically -by sha3sum. +NAME + sha3sum - Keccak, SHA-3, SHAKE, and RawSHAKE checksum utilities + +SYNOPSIS + keccaksum [OPTION]... [--] [FILE]... + keccak-224sum [OPTION]... [--] [FILE]... + keccak-256sum [OPTION]... [--] [FILE]... + keccak-384sum [OPTION]... [--] [FILE]... + keccak-512sum [OPTION]... [--] [FILE]... + sha3-224sum [OPTION]... [--] [FILE]... + sha3-256sum [OPTION]... [--] [FILE]... + sha3-384sum [OPTION]... [--] [FILE]... + sha3-512sum [OPTION]... [--] [FILE]... + shake256sum [OPTION]... [--] [FILE]... + shake512sum [OPTION]... [--] [FILE]... + rawshake256sum [OPTION]... [--] [FILE]... + rawshake512sum [OPTION]... [--] [FILE]... + +DESCRIPTION + Fully configurable byte-orientated checksum utilities + for Keccak and its close derivatives SHA-3, SHAKE and + RawSHAKE. + + This utilities can generate checksums or verify the + checksums of files. + + The implementation of the algorithms is done + in libkeccak(7) <https://github.com/maandree/libkeccak>. + To verify that this program is correct, verify + libkeccak(7) using its test suite and check that some + of hashes are returned identically by sha3sum. + +OPTIONS + -h, --help + Display option summary. + + -R, --rate RATE + Select rate. + + -C, --capacity CAPACITY + Select capacity. + + -N, --output SIZE + Select output size. + + -S, --state SIZE + Select state size. + + -W, --word SIZE + Select word size. + + -Z, --squeezes COUNT + Select squeeze count. + + -u, --upper-case + Use upper-case output. + + -l, --lower-case + Use lower-case output. + + -b, --binary + Use binary output. + + -x, --hex-input + Use hexadecimal input. + + -c, --check + Check checksums. + + -v, --verbose + Be verbose. + +RATIONALE + We probably do not need this, but it is nice to have + in case SHA-2 gets compromised. + +SEE ALSO + libkeccak(7), sum(1), cksum(1), md5sum(1), md6sum(1), + sha1sum(1), sha224sum(1), sha256sum(1), sha384sum(1), + sha512sum(1) + + Full documentation available locally via: info '(sha3sum)' + +PERFORMANCE + Performance comparison on a 1 GiB file (yes, that is + quite large) with /dev/urandom data: + + $ keccak-224sum │ $ keccak-256sum + real 0m9.550s │ real 0m9.841s + user 0m9.223s │ user 0m9.560s + sys 0m0.320s │ sys 0m0.260s + │ + $ keccak-384sum │ $ keccak-512sum + real 0m12.902s │ real 0m18.084s + user 0m12.580s │ user 0m17.823s + sys 0m0.313s │ sys 0m0.243s + │ + $ keccaksum │ $ sha1sum + real 0m10.438s │ real 0m3.421s + user 0m10.140s │ user 0m3.157s + sys 0m0.287s │ sys 0m0.253s + │ + $ sha224sum │ $ sha256sum + real 0m8.196s │ real 0m9.361s + user 0m7.910s │ user 0m9.097s + sys 0m0.263s │ sys 0m0.257s + │ + $ sha384sum │ $ sha512sum + real 0m5.450s │ real 0m4.507s + user 0m5.223s │ user 0m4.247s + sys 0m0.220s │ sys 0m0.257s + │ + $ md5sum │ $ md6sum + real 0m2.987s │ real 1m28.873s + user 0m2.703s │ user 1m28.470s + sys 0m0.283s │ sys 0m0.360s + + Note: The times are a bit random, and only one run + has been made. "user" is the most interesting data. + Additionally, only the pure keccak variants have been + tested because the difference is between them and the + other are quite small; and of course the other hashing + utilities from other packages using other + algorithm-families. |