isabella232 / node-sha3

A Node.js C++ extension for SHA-3 (Keccak)

A Node.js C++ extension for SHA-3 (Keccak)

This Node.js extension implements the SHA-3 (Keccak) cryptographic hashing algorithm. It is based on the reference C implementation, version 3.2. The exposed interface is almost identical to that of the crypto standard library.

Installation

npm install sha3

Usage

Keccak supports 5 hash lengths: 224-bit, 256-bit, 384-bit, 512-bit and variable length. Variable length is not supported by this Node.js extension. Unless the user specifies otherwise, this Node.js extension assumes 512-bit.

var SHA3 = require('sha3');

// Generate 512-bit digest.
var d = new SHA3.SHA3Hash();
d.update('foo');
d.digest('hex');   // => "1597842a..."

// Generate 224-bit digest.
var d = new SHA3.SHA3Hash(224);
d.update('foo');
d.digest('hex');   // => "daa94da7..."

new SHA3Hash([hashlen])

This is the hash object. hashlen is 512 by default.

hash.update(data, [input_encoding])

Updates the hash content with the given data, the encoding of which is given in input_encoding and can be 'utf8', 'ascii' or 'binary'. Defaults to 'binary'. This can be called many times with new data as it is streamed.

hash.digest([encoding])

Calculates the digest of all of the passed data to be hashed. The encoding can be 'hex' or 'binary'. Defaults to 'binary'.

Note: unlike crypto.Hash, a SHA3Hash object can still be used after the digest() method been called.

Running the test suite

Run the test suite as follows:

npm test

The test suite is automatically generated from Keccak's reference test suite. It requires that you have Python 2.7 installed and available via the python executable.

Warning

Do not use SHA-3 for hashing passwords. Do not even use SHA-3 + salt for hashing passowords. Use a slow hash instead.

See also

Digest::SHA3 for Ruby