EVP_RIPEMD160(3ossl)

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version 3.5.9 · 8 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 EVP_RIPEMD160 — the RIPEMD160 era, but for EVP 💖

okay bestie, so this one's a page from the OpenSSL manual set (the 3ossl girlies, you know the vibe) and it's all about EVP_ripemd160. Buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

EVP_ripemd160 — RIPEMD160 For EVP

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <openssl/evp.h>

const EVP_MD *EVP_ripemd160(void);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So RIPEMD-160 is a cryptographic hash function that first got published back in 1996, and it's part of the RIPEMD family — which literally stands for RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest, iconic acronym behavior honestly 💅

lowkey important: this implementation is only available with the legacy provider. not the default one, the legacy one. keep that in mind fr fr.

EVP_ripemd160()

  • the RIPEMD-160 algorithm, which produces a 160-bit output from a given input. that's it, that's the whole thing. tiny function, big legacy energy ✨

⚠️ NOTES ⚠️

ngl bestie, the devs want you to be aware that calling this function multiple times has negative performance implications 😭 like, it's giving wasteful. instead, they suggest you consider using EVP_MD_fetch(3) together with EVP_MD-RIPEMD160(7). if you want the full tea, go read "Performance" in crypto(7) 🫶

👑 RETURN VALUES 👑

These functions return an EVP_MD structure that contains the implementation of the message digest. Wanna know the lore of the EVP_MD structure itself? Check out EVP_MD_meth_new(3) for the details, bestie 🔥

🌈 CONFORMING TO 🌈

ISO/IEC 10118-3:2016 Dedicated Hash-Function 1 (RIPEMD-160) — yes she's certified, she's standards-compliant, she's that girl 💅

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

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okay that's the whole page, go forth and hash responsibly 🧚✨

OpenSSL 3.5.9 · dated 2026-09-29 · and that's the EVP_RIPEMD160(3ossl) page, periodt 💖🌸🦋

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