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+Shimarks are icons generated from the hash of urls and their domains for the
+purpose of preventing phishing. The justification is that it is unlikely for an
+attacker to be able to create a phishing domain or url that also produces a hash
+collision.
+
+There are two types of Shimarks, Domain Shimarks, which are generated from only
+the domain of the URL, displayed on the left side of URLs; and URL
+Shimarks, which are generated from the entire URL, displayed on the right side
+of the URL.
+
+1. Shimarks rely on MD5 hashes. This hash function has been chosen because of
+its ubiquity. Although collision attacks have been discovered for MD5, the
+relatively short length of URLs and domain names makes it less likely that an
+attacker can hide a collision block within a URL. Nonetheless, I am taking
+suggestions for a better hash function to use.
+
+2. Shimarks are black and white only, so that they may easily be used in print
+and so that they are accesible to the colorblind.
+
+3. Shimarks are 16x16 pixels by default, which allows for 256 bits of
+information. Since md5 produces 128 bits, this is then mirrored either
+horizontally or vertically depending on the 1st bit of the hash. This mirroring
+will hopefully make Shimarks more identifiable.
+
+	Therefore, if the bit at 0x00 is 0, then the layout of the ShiMark is: 
+
+	00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
+	10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F
+	20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F
+	30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F
+	40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F
+	50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F
+	60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F
+	70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F
+	70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F
+	60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F
+	50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F
+	40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F
+	30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F
+	20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F
+	10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F
+	00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
+
+	Where every two bytes are layed out horizontally and to produce half the
+	pattern. This is then flipped across the horizontal axis.
+
+	Otherwise, it is flipped across the vertical axis:
+
+	00 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 00
+	01 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 71 61 51 41 31 21 11 11
+	02 12 22 32 42 52 62 72 72 62 52 42 32 22 12 22
+	03 13 23 33 43 53 63 73 73 63 53 43 33 23 13 33
+	04 14 24 34 44 54 64 74 74 64 54 44 34 24 14 44
+	05 15 25 35 45 55 65 75 75 65 55 45 35 25 15 55
+	06 16 26 36 46 56 66 76 76 66 56 46 36 26 16 66
+	07 17 27 37 47 57 67 77 77 67 57 47 37 27 17 77
+	08 18 28 38 48 58 68 78 78 68 58 48 38 28 18 88
+	09 19 29 39 49 59 69 79 79 69 59 49 39 29 19 99
+	0A 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 7A 6A 5A 4A 3A 2A 1A AA
+	0B 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 7B 6B 5B 4B 3B 2B 1B BB
+	0C 1C 2C 3C 4C 5C 6C 7C 7C 6C 5C 4C 3C 2C 1C CC
+	0D 1D 2D 3D 4D 5D 6D 7D 7D 6D 5D 4D 3D 2D 1D DD
+	0E 1E 2E 3E 4E 5E 6E 7E 7E 6E 5E 4E 3E 2E 1E EE
+	0F 1F 2F 3F 4F 5F 6F 7F 7F 6F 5F 4F 3F 2F 1F FF
+
+4. For compatibility with text only mediums, Shimarks can be abbreviated by
+taking the top left 6x4 pixels and representing them using braille.
+
+
+Issues with the current specification:
+	16x16 pixels at icon scale might be difficult to distinguish, therefore
+a method for making the difference between hashes more distinctive(a la
+identicons), or for using fewer bits, is needed.
+
+	Overreliance on abbreviated Shimarks may make collision rates too high.
diff --git a/mshimark/Makefile b/mshimark/Makefile
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+mkshimark: mkshimark.c
+	gcc mkshimark.c -lssl -lcrypto -o mkshimark
+clean:
+	rm mkshimark
diff --git a/mshimark/mkshimark b/mshimark/mkshimark
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diff --git a/mshimark/mkshimark.c b/mshimark/mkshimark.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <openssl/md5.h>
+//32 characters
+int main (int arc, char * argv[]) {
+	MD5_CTX c;
+	char md5buffer[512];
+	int bytesread;
+	printf("Put something in the stdin of the program and it will generate a random block of text\n");
+	unsigned char md5result[16];
+	MD5_Init(&c);
+	do {
+		bytesread = fread(md5buffer, sizeof(char), 512, stdin);	
+		if (bytesread < 0) {
+			printf("Error reading from STDIN\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		MD5_Update(&c, md5buffer, bytesread);
+	} while (bytesread != 0);
+	MD5_Final(md5result, &c);
+	printf("\n");
+	int i = 0;
+	while ( i < (16) ) {
+		printf("%.2x",md5result[i]);
+		i++;
+	}
+	printf("\n");
+	return 0;
+}