ripemd160
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Package description
The ripemd160 npm package is a JavaScript implementation of the RIPEMD-160 cryptographic hash function. It allows users to generate 160-bit hash values from input data. This hash function is commonly used for integrity checks, digital signatures, and other cryptographic operations.
Hashing Data
This feature allows users to create a RIPEMD-160 hash of any given string or buffer. The example code demonstrates how to hash the string 'hello world' and output the result in hexadecimal format.
"use strict";\nconst ripemd160 = require('ripemd160');\nconst hash = new ripemd160().update('hello world').digest('hex');\nconsole.log(hash); // Outputs the RIPEMD-160 hash of 'hello world' in hexadecimal formatThe sha1 package is another npm package that provides a JavaScript implementation of the SHA-1 hash function. SHA-1 is also a cryptographic hash function but produces a 160-bit hash value, similar in length to RIPEMD-160. However, SHA-1 is considered less secure than RIPEMD-160 due to vulnerabilities that have been discovered over time.
The sha256 package is used for computing SHA-256 hashes. SHA-256 is part of the SHA-2 family of cryptographic hash functions and produces a 256-bit hash. It is more secure than both RIPEMD-160 and SHA-1, but it generates a longer hash value.
The md5 package is a JavaScript implementation of the MD5 hash function. MD5 produces a 128-bit hash value and is widely used for checksums and fingerprints. However, MD5 is considered cryptographically broken and unsuitable for further use due to its vulnerabilities to collision attacks.
Readme
JavaScript component to compute the RIPEMD160 hash of strings or bytes.
npm install --save ripemd160
Input either a string or Buffer. Output is a Buffer.
console.log(ripemd160("hello").toString('hex')) // => 108f07b8382412612c048d07d13f814118445acd"
Most of the code from CryptoJS https://code.google.com/p/crypto-js/
FAQs
Compute ripemd160 of bytes or strings.
We found that ripemd160 demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 7 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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