[MacPorts] #63857: openssl3: ripemd160 not supported
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#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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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/63857#comment:12>
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