Short: Ripemd160 1.0 message digest generator Author: Finn Jacobs Uploader: Finn Jacobs Type: util/crypt Architecture: m68k-amigaos RIPEMD160 ? - Well, wanna create digest messages that are secure for the next estimated thousand years ? Okay. Then choose this fine Crypto- graphic Hash Function program to generate a checksum using the RIPEMD160 algorithm. You get a 20 byte result (instead of 16byte result of MD5). This program is public domain, but its source-code is not included to avoid problems with the USA-Law. But interests should contact the author via eMail :-) to receive the source-code for free. Or consult one of the internet-search-engines and search for ripemd160. After using this program, you can add the results to a document to have a public checksum against modified software etc. Everybody could check the validity of the files through RIPEMD160 and the given checksums in the document. Overview of the Algorithm ------------------------- RIPEMD160 is a MD4 variant and operates on 32bit words. Following ope- rations are used : * bitwise boolean operations (AND, NOT, OR, XOR) * two's complement addition of words, denoted by "+". this is modulo 2^32 addition * left rotation (or "left spin") of words. History ------- 1.0 (18.08.97) - first public release