How can I compute a SHA-2 (ideally SHA 256 or SHA 512) hash in iOS?
Solution 1
This is what I'm using for SHA1:
#import <CommonCrypto/CommonDigest.h>
+ (NSData *)sha1:(NSData *)data {
unsigned char hash[CC_SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH];
if ( CC_SHA1([data bytes], [data length], hash) ) {
NSData *sha1 = [NSData dataWithBytes:hash length:CC_SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH];
return sha1;
}
return nil;
}
Replace CC_SHA1
with CC_SHA256
(or whichever you need), as well as CC_SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH
with CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH
.
Solution 2
Here's a pretty similar one based on NSString
+ (NSString *)hashed_string:(NSString *)input
{
const char *cstr = [input cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithBytes:cstr length:input.length];
uint8_t digest[CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
// This is an iOS5-specific method.
// It takes in the data, how much data, and then output format, which in this case is an int array.
CC_SHA256(data.bytes, data.length, digest);
NSMutableString* output = [NSMutableString stringWithCapacity:CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH * 2];
// Parse through the CC_SHA256 results (stored inside of digest[]).
for(int i = 0; i < CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH; i++) {
[output appendFormat:@"%02x", digest[i]];
}
return output;
}
(Credits go to http://www.raywenderlich.com/6475/basic-security-in-ios-5-tutorial-part-1)
Solution 3
This is what worked for me
func sha256(securityString : String) -> String {
let data = securityString.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)!
var hash = [UInt8](count: Int(CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH), repeatedValue: 0)
CC_SHA256(data.bytes, CC_LONG(data.length), &hash)
let output = NSMutableString(capacity: Int(CC_SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH))
for byte in hash {
output.appendFormat("%02x", byte)
}
return output as String
}
James
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Updated on July 18, 2020Comments
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James almost 4 years
The Security services API doesn't appear to allow me to compute a hash directly. There are plenty of public domain and liberally licensed versions available, but I'd rather use a system library implementation if possible.
The data is accessible via NSData, or plain pointers.
The cryptographic strength of the hash is important to me. SHA-256 is the minimum acceptable hash size.