X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/mLib/blobdiff_plain/32e1147e2e732907833db7fd16026cf203247141..d4efbcd93c940ad522fcf8c601ec1829d2e0b10d:/man/mLib.3 diff --git a/man/mLib.3 b/man/mLib.3 index 0796883..174a03e 100644 --- a/man/mLib.3 +++ b/man/mLib.3 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" -*-nroff-*- -.TH mLib 3 "7 July 1999" mLib +.TH mLib 3 "7 July 1999" "Straylight/Edgeware" "mLib utilities library" .SH NAME mLib \- library of miscellaneous utilities .\" @mLib @@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ buffer-overflows. Dynamic strings are used occasionally through the rest of the library, mainly as output arguments. .PP The +.BR buf (3) +module provides simple functions for reading and writing binary data to +or from fixed-sized buffers. +.PP +The .BR dspool (3) module implements a `pool' of dynamic strings which saves lots of allocation and deallocation when a piece of code has high string @@ -147,8 +152,14 @@ stack operations efficiently. .SS "Miscellaneous utilities" The .BR crc32 (3) -module calculates CRC values for strings. It's used by the symbol table -manager as a hash function. +module calculates CRC values for strings. It used to be used by the +symbol table manager as a hash function. +.PP +The +.BR unihash (3) +module implements a simple but efficient universal hashing family. This +is a keyed hash function which provides security against an adversary +choosing input to a hash table deliberately to cause collisions. .PP The .BR lock (3) @@ -209,7 +220,12 @@ The .BR base64 (3) module does base64 encoding and decoding, as defined in RFC2045. Base64 encodes arbitrary binary data in a reliable way which is resistant to -character-set transformations and other mail transport bogosity. +character-set transformations and other mail transport bogosity. The +.BR base32 (3) +module does base32 encoding and decoding, as defined in RFC2938. This +is a mad format which is needed for sha1 URNs, for no good reason. The +.BR hex (3) +module does hex encoding and decoding. .PP The .BR url (3) @@ -257,6 +273,7 @@ module does background hostname and address resolution. .BR atom (3), .BR base64 (3), .BR bits (3), +.BR buf (3), .BR bres (3), .BR conn (3), .BR crc32 (3), @@ -286,4 +303,4 @@ module does background hostname and address resolution. .BR tv (3), .BR url (3). .SH AUTHOR -Mark Wooding, +Mark Wooding,