BLAKE2b for Ruby

BLAKE2 is a cryptographic hash function faster than MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2, and SHA-3, yet is at least as secure as the latest standard SHA-3. BLAKE2 has been adopted by many projects due to its high speed, security, and simplicity.

More info at: https://blake2.net.

SUMMARY

This gem is a C-extension for using BLAKE2b in Ruby. BLAKE2b (or just BLAKE2) is optimized for 64-bit platforms—including NEON-enabled ARMs—and produces digests of any size between 1 and 64 bytes.

The C code for this gem is taken from the official reference C implementation as of commit ca4c89314abff54e3806b44e4a08164f8204f09a.

INSTALL

gem install blake2b

USAGE

require 'blake2b'

# The UTF-8 String (Required) that you want to digest.
input   = 'abc'

# The main application of keyed BLAKE2 is as a message authentication code (MAC)
# By default `Blake2b::Key.none` is used.
key = Blake2b::Key.none
# key = Blake2b::Key.from_string("foo bar baz")
# key = Blake2b::Key.from_hex('DEADBEAF')
# key = Blake2b::Key.from_bytes([222, 173, 190, 175])

# The output length in Bytes of the Hash, Max and Default is 32.
out_len = 32

# HEX OUTPUT
############

Blake2b.hex(input)
=> "508c5e8c327c14e2e1a72ba34eeb452f37458b209ed63a294d999b4c86675982"

Blake2b.hex(input, key)
=> "508c5e8c327c14e2e1a72ba34eeb452f37458b209ed63a294d999b4c86675982"

Blake2b.hex(input, key, out_len)
=> "508c5e8c327c14e2e1a72ba34eeb452f37458b209ed63a294d999b4c86675982"

# BYTES OUTPUT
##############

Blake2b.bytes(input)
=> [80, 140, 94, ...]

Blake2b.bytes(input, key)
=> [80, 140, 94, ...]

Blake2b.bytes(input, key, out_len)
=> [80, 140, 94, ...]

DEVELOPMENT

After checking out the repo, run bundle to install dependencies. Then, run rake full to build and test, or rake test to only run the tests.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install.

Future

Hopefully this gem will not be required once Ruby issue #12802 is resolved. Blake2 will either be included natively into MRI or available through the OpenSSL library.

License

Blake2b is based heavily on Blake2 by Franck Verrot, Copyright 2014.

Blake2b is copyright 2018, Mauricio Gomes.

The original work (Blake2) and the modified work (Blake2b) are licensed GPL v3.0. See LICENSE.txt for details.