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RIPEMD-320

Extended RIPEMD hash function producing 320-bit digest. Uses dual 160-bit computation pipelines for enhanced security margin. Part of the RIPEMD family designed as European alternative to MD/SHA.

Properties

Property	Value
Category	Hash Functions
Sub-category	Cryptographic Hash
Security status	🎓 Educational Only
Complexity	Intermediate
Inventor	Hans Dobbertin, Antoon Bosselaers, Bart Preneel
Year	1996
Origin	🇧🇪 Belgium
Source	algorithms/hash/ripemd.js

Security

Status: 🎓 Educational Only

No vulnerabilities are recorded for this implementation.

Documentation

• RIPEMD-160: A Strengthened Version of RIPEMD
• ISO/IEC 10118-3:2004 Standard
• Wikipedia Article

References

• OpenSSL Implementation
• Bouncy Castle Java Implementation
• Original Specification

Test vectors

4 vectors ship with this algorithm and run in the test suite. Byte values are hexadecimal.

Vector 1 — Empty string test vector (Bouncy Castle)

Field	Value
input	(empty)
expected	22d65d5661536cdc75c1fdf5c6de7b41 b9f27325ebc61e8557177d705a0ec880 151c3a32a00899b8

Vector 2 — Single character ‘a’ test vector (Bouncy Castle)

Field	Value
input	61
expected	ce78850638f92658a5a585097579926d da667a5716562cfcf6fbe77f63542f99 b04705d6970dff5d

Vector 3 — String ‘abc’ test vector (Bouncy Castle)

Field	Value
input	616263
expected	de4c01b3054f8930a79d09ae738e9230 1e5a17085beffdc1b8d116713e74f82f a942d64cdbc4682d

Vector 4 — Alphabet test vector (Bouncy Castle)

Field	Value
input	6162636465666768696a6b6c6d6e6f707172737475767778797a
expected	cabdb1810b92470a2093aa6bce05952c 28348cf43ff60841975166bb40ed2340 04b8824463e6b009

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