[MacPorts] #63857: openssl3: ripemd160 not supported

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Mon Nov 8 15:24:11 UTC 2021


#63857: openssl3: ripemd160 not supported
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  Reporter:  cculianu  |      Owner:  neverpanic
      Type:  defect    |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal    |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports     |    Version:
Resolution:            |   Keywords:
      Port:  openssl3  |
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Comment (by cculianu):

 Please enable it. Lots of code out there depends on it. It's used in
 Bitcoin as the hasher for converting public keys -> bitcoin addresses.
 All bitcoin addresses you have ever seen are generated with that hash.

 Which is what I'm using it for -- bitcoin stuff.

 It's not **insecure** per-se due to any flaw in the algorithm.  It's just
 a short hash (160 bits), which these days people consider less than ideal
 -- but it does **NOT** have any security flaws.

 Bitcoin uses it, it's fine.

 There is a ton of other code out there built on top of Python -> openssl
 that uses it.

 If you disable it, it **will** lead to a bad time for everybody.  You will
 get lots of unhappy users.  I guarantee this.

 Even if it's deprecated and discouraged it should be available.

 Thank you.

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