Windows apps
Collapse the table of content
Expand the table of content
Information
The topic you requested is included in another documentation set. For convenience, it's displayed below. Choose Switch to see the topic in its original location.

RIPEMD160 Class

Represents the abstract class from which all implementations of the MD160 hash algorithm inherit.

Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public MustInherit Class RIPEMD160
	Inherits HashAlgorithm
'Usage
Dim instance As RIPEMD160

/** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */ 
public abstract class RIPEMD160 extends HashAlgorithm
ComVisibleAttribute(true) 
public abstract class RIPEMD160 extends HashAlgorithm
Not applicable.

Hash functions map binary strings of an arbitrary length to small binary strings of a fixed length. A cryptographic hash function has the property that it is computationally infeasible to find two distinct inputs that hash to the same value; that is, hashes of two sets of data should match if the corresponding data also matches. Small changes to the data result in large unpredictable changes in the hash.

RIPEMD-160 is a 160-bit cryptographic hash function. It is intended for use as a replacement for the 128-bit hash functions MD4, MD5, and RIPEMD. RIPEMD was developed in the framework of the EU project RIPE (RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation, 1988-1992).

The following code example calculates the RIPEMD160 hash for all files in a directory.

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.Cryptography



Public Class HashDirectory

    ' Print the byte array in a readable format.
    Public Shared Sub PrintByteArray(ByVal array() As Byte)
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 0 To array.Length
            Console.Write(String.Format("{0:X2}", array(i)))
            If i Mod 4 = 3 Then
                Console.Write(" ")
            End If
        Next i
        Console.WriteLine()

    End Sub 'PrintByteArray


    Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        If args.Length < 1 Then
            Console.WriteLine("Usage: hashdir <directory>")
            Return
        End If
        Try
            ' Create a DirectoryInfo object representing the specified directory.
            Dim dir As New DirectoryInfo(args(0))
            ' Get the FileInfo objects for every file in the directory.
            Dim files As FileInfo() = dir.GetFiles()
            ' Initialize a RIPE160 hash object.
            Dim myRIPEMD160 As RIPEMD160 = RIPEMD160Managed.Create()
            Dim hashValue() As Byte
            ' Compute and print the hash values for each file in directory.
            Dim fInfo As FileInfo
            For Each fInfo In files
                ' Create a fileStream for the file.
                Dim fileStream As FileStream = fInfo.Open(FileMode.Open)
                ' Compute the hash of the fileStream.
                hashValue = myRIPEMD160.ComputeHash(fileStream)
                ' Write the name of the file to the Console.
                Console.Write(fInfo.Name + ": ")
                ' Write the hash value to the Console.
                PrintByteArray(hashValue)
                ' Close the file.
                fileStream.Close()
            Next fInfo
            Return
        Catch DExc As DirectoryNotFoundException
            Console.WriteLine("Error: The directory specified could not be found.")
        Catch IOExc As IOException
            Console.WriteLine("Error: A file in the directory could not be accessed.")
        End Try

    End Sub
End Class

import System.*;
import System.IO.*;
import System.Security.Cryptography.*;

public class HashDirectory
{
    // Print the byte array in a readable format.
    public static void PrintByteArray(ubyte array[])
    {
        int i;
        for (i = 0; i < array.get_Length(); i++) {
            Console.Write(String.Format("{0:X2}", array.get_Item(i)));
            if (i % 4 == 3) {
                Console.Write(" ");
            }
        }
        Console.WriteLine();
    } //PrintByteArray

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {        
        if (args.get_Length() < 1) {
            Console.WriteLine("Usage: hashdir <directory>");
            return;
        }
        try {
            // Create a DirectoryInfo object representing the specified 
            // directory.
            DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(args[0]);
            // Get the FileInfo objects for every file in the directory.
            FileInfo files[] = dir.GetFiles();
            // Initialize a RIPE160 hash object.
            RIPEMD160 myRIPEMD160 = RIPEMD160Managed.Create();
            ubyte hashValue[];
            FileInfo fInfo = null;
            for (int iCtr = 0; iCtr < files.get_Length(); iCtr++) {
                // Compute and print the hash values for each file in directory.
                fInfo = files[iCtr];
                // Create a fileStream for the file.
                FileStream fileStream = fInfo.Open(FileMode.Open);
                // Compute the hash of the fileStream.
                hashValue = myRIPEMD160.ComputeHash(fileStream);
                // Write the name of the file to the Console.
                Console.Write(fInfo.get_Name() + ": ");
                // Write the hash value to the Console.
                PrintByteArray(hashValue);
                // Close the file.
                fileStream.Close();
            }
            return;
        }
        catch (DirectoryNotFoundException exp) {
            Console.WriteLine("Error: The directory specified could"
                + "not be found.");
        }
        catch (IOException exp) {
            Console.WriteLine("Error: A file in the directory could not "
                + "be accessed.");
        }
    } //main
} //HashDirectory

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

Community Additions

Show:
© 2017 Microsoft