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RIPEMD

RIPEMD (RIPE Message Digest) is a family of cryptographic hash functions developed in 1992 (the original RIPEMD) and 1996 (other variants). There are five functions in the family: RIPEMD, RIPEMD-128, RIPEMD-160, RIPEMD-256, and RIPEMD-320, of which RIPEMD-160 is the most common.

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Certification
RIPEMD-160: CRYPTREC (Monitored)
Designers
Hans Dobbertin, Antoon Bosselaers and Bart Preneel
Digest sizes
128, 160, 256, 320 bits
First published
1992

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RIPEMD

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples36
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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RIPEMD

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related to history · 20
RIPEMD → Antoon Bosselaers, Bart Preneel, Belgium, COSIC, EU, Hans Dobbertin, In, In August, Its, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, MD4, RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation, RIPE, RIPEMD-128, RIPEMD-160, RIPEMD-256, RIPEMD-320, The, This
related to External links · 4
RIPEMD → Archived, RIPEMD-160RIPEMD-160 Ecrypt, The, Wayback MachineRIPEMD-128bit Algorithm
related to Implementations · 4
RIPEMD → Below, BotanBouncy CastleCryptlibCrypto, Libgcryptmbed TLSNettleOpenSSLwolfSSL, RIPEMD-160
related to RIPEMD-160 hashes · 4
RIPEMD → ASCII, RIPE, RIPEMD-160, The
Certification · 1
RIPEMD → RIPEMD-160: CRYPTREC (Monitored)
Designers · 1
RIPEMD → Hans Dobbertin, Antoon Bosselaers and Bart Preneel
Digest sizes · 1
RIPEMD → 128, 160, 256, 320 bits
First published · 1
RIPEMD → 1992

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Important terminology

ripemd-160 functions hash original ripemd-128 result also published collision ripe cryptographic security based family digest function attack could reach rounds

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RIPEMDCertificationRIPEMD-160: CRYPTREC (Monitored)1.00infobox
RIPEMDDesignersHans Dobbertin, Antoon Bosselaers and Bart Preneel1.00infobox
RIPEMDDigest sizes128, 160, 256, 320 bits1.00infobox
RIPEMDFirst published19921.00infobox
RIPEMDrelated to External linksThe0.60section
RIPEMDrelated to External linksRIPEMD-160RIPEMD-160 Ecrypt0.60section
RIPEMDrelated to External linksArchived0.60section
RIPEMDrelated to External linksWayback MachineRIPEMD-128bit Algorithm0.60section
RIPEMDrelated to historyThe0.60section
RIPEMDrelated to historyEU0.60section
RIPEMDrelated to historyRIPE0.60section
RIPEMDrelated to historyRACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation0.60section

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