One-way hash using md5 or sha256 or equivalent

[Alfred Cox]

I’m trying to hash the patient’s medical record number going from within Cloverleaf 6.1.5 to an outside application. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Buzzy

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[Jim Kosloskey]

Do you mind using blowfish? Is this from inside an Xlate? I have a proc which will encrypt using blowfish. I know I have one for inside and Xlate and I think I have one for TPS UPoC.

If blowfish is not appropriate, then Tcl has MD% and other cipher capability though I have not written anything for them.

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

[Alfred Cox]

Yes, if you could share the code for inside the xlate that would be great.

[Jim Kosloskey]

email me and I will attach it to the reply.

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

[Rob Abbott]

I have used the tcllib md5 and it works well.  Tcllib is shipped with Cloverleaf.

https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcllib/doc/trunk/embedded/md/tcllib/files/modules/md5/md5.md

Rob Abbott
Cloverleaf Emeritus

[Alfred Cox]

Yes, I saw that it is there. Just having a hard time figuring out how to use it inside an xlate.

[Robert Kersemakers]

I googled it when I needed a bit of md5 hashing and came up with this.

lassign $xlateInVals fn
package require md5
set m [md5::md5 -hex $fn]
echo $fn $m
set xlateOutVals

 

Zuyderland Medisch Centrum; Heerlen/Sittard; The Netherlands

[Alfred Cox]

That’s perfect! Thank you sir!

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