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    ripemd

    WillieBy WillieMarch 4, 2026Updated:March 4, 2026No Comments2 Mins Read
     

    NAME

    RIPEMD160, RIPEMD160_Init, RIPEMD160_Update, RIPEMD160_Final – RIPEMD-160 hash function  

    SYNOPSIS

     #include <openssl/ripemd.h>
    
     unsigned char *RIPEMD160(const unsigned char *d, unsigned long n,
                      unsigned char *md);
    
     int RIPEMD160_Init(RIPEMD160_CTX *c);
     int RIPEMD160_Update(RIPEMD_CTX *c, const void *data,
                      unsigned long len);
     int RIPEMD160_Final(unsigned char *md, RIPEMD160_CTX *c);
    
    
     

    DESCRIPTION

    RIPEMD-160 is a cryptographic hash function with a 160 bit output.

    RIPEMD160() computes the RIPEMD-160 message digest of the n bytes at d and places it in md (which must have space for RIPEMD160_DIGEST_LENGTH == 20 bytes of output). If md is NULL, the digest is placed in a static array.

    The following functions may be used if the message is not completely stored in memory:

    RIPEMD160_Init() initializes a RIPEMD160_CTX structure.

    RIPEMD160_Update() can be called repeatedly with chunks of the message to be hashed (len bytes at data).

    RIPEMD160_Final() places the message digest in md, which must have space for RIPEMD160_DIGEST_LENGTH == 20 bytes of output, and erases the RIPEMD160_CTX.

    Applications should use the higher level functions EVP_DigestInit(3) etc. instead of calling the hash functions directly.  

    RETURN VALUES

    RIPEMD160() returns a pointer to the hash value.

    RIPEMD160_Init(), RIPEMD160_Update() and RIPEMD160_Final() return 1 for success, 0 otherwise.  

    CONFORMING TO

    ISO/IEC 10118-3 (draft) (??)  

    HISTORY

    RIPEMD160(), RIPEMD160_Init(), RIPEMD160_Update() and RIPEMD160_Final() are available since SSLeay 0.9.0.

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