newbie question on sha1 and md5

[zentara <zentara@gypsyfarm.com>]

Hi,

I have applied the 2.4.8 kernel patch, as advertised on this list, to
use the crypto-api
on my linux machine. I couldn't get the standard distribution to work,
so I
had to rely on the patch; but it works great.

My only question is:
How do you use the Digest-MD-5 and the Digest-SHA1 functions?
I built them into the kernel, and they report registration on boot,
but how do I actually use them? I know how to use the md5sum and
sha1sum utilities that come with Suse, but what trick is there to using
the cryptoapi versions built into a kernel?

Thanks.
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