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Node style ripemd160 on pure JavaScript.
var RIPEMD160 = require('ripemd160')
console.log(new RIPEMD160().update('42').digest('hex'))
// => 0df020ba32aa9b8b904471ff582ce6b579bf8bc8
var ripemd160stream = new RIPEMD160()
ripemd160stream.end('42')
console.log(ripemd160stream.read().toString('hex'))
// => 0df020ba32aa9b8b904471ff582ce6b579bf8bc8
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The 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.
FAQs
Compute ripemd160 of bytes or strings.
The npm package ripemd160 receives a total of 11,989,872 weekly downloads. As such, ripemd160 popularity was classified as popular.
We found that ripemd160 demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 7 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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