---
name: "EVP_MD-RIPEMD160"
section: "7ssl"
platform: "linux"
package: "openssl"
version: "3.6.5-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/EVP_MD-RIPEMD160"
---

# EVP\_MD-RIPEMD160(7ssl)

The RIPEMD160 EVP\_MD implementation

## NAME

EVP\_MD-RIPEMD160 - The RIPEMD160 EVP\_MD implementation

## DESCRIPTION

Support for computing RIPEMD160 digests through the **EVP\_MD** API.

### Identities

This implementation is available in both the default and legacy providers, and is identified with any of the names "RIPEMD-160", "RIPEMD160", "RIPEMD" and "RMD160".

### Gettable Parameters

This implementation supports the common gettable parameters described in **EVP\_MD-common**(7).

## SEE ALSO

**provider-digest**(7), **OSSL\_PROVIDER-default**(7)

## HISTORY

This digest was added to the default provider in OpenSSL 3.0.7.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at \<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html\>.