on-Diagram">State Transition Diagram</a></li>
      <li><a href="#Formal-State-Transitions">Formal State Transitions</a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li><a href="#NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
  <li><a href="#SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
  <li><a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a></li>
</ul>

<h1 id="NAME">NAME</h1>

<p>life_cycle-digest - The digest algorithm life-cycle</p>

<h1 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h1>

<p>All message digests (MDs) go through a number of stages in their life-cycle:</p>

<dl>

<dt id="start">sta