Hi - I think the patent monster has struck again.
rmd =
hashlib.new('ripemd160',binascii.unhexlify(someString)).hexdigest()
That fails - ValueError: unsupported hash type
From some googling, it appears that the supported hash types are from
OpenSSL and that means the OpenSSL in CentOS doesn't support ripemd160.
I've worked around other stuff missing from CentOS OpenSSL by building
LibreSSL and linking against that but python is central to the operation
of CentOS and I do not want to mess with replacing the CentOS packaging
of python.
Is there an alternate way to get a ripemd160 hash in python on CentOS ?
well, how about compiling instance to another directory like /opt/python-alternative? usually works like ./configure --prefix=/opt/python-alternative and then other normal stuff.. -- Eero 2016-02-03 12:52 GMT+02:00 Alice Wonder <alice at domblogger.net>:> Hi - I think the patent monster has struck again. > > rmd = hashlib.new('ripemd160',binascii.unhexlify(someString)).hexdigest() > > That fails - ValueError: unsupported hash type > > From some googling, it appears that the supported hash types are from > OpenSSL and that means the OpenSSL in CentOS doesn't support ripemd160. > > I've worked around other stuff missing from CentOS OpenSSL by building > LibreSSL and linking against that but python is central to the operation of > CentOS and I do not want to mess with replacing the CentOS packaging of > python. > > Is there an alternate way to get a ripemd160 hash in python on CentOS ? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
okay it appears there are no suspect patent issues with ripemd160 so either they just didn't include it for some other reason or the issue is elsewhere. On 02/03/2016 03:00 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote:> well, how about compiling instance to another directory like > /opt/python-alternative? > > usually works like ./configure --prefix=/opt/python-alternative and then > other normal stuff.. > > -- > Eero > > 2016-02-03 12:52 GMT+02:00 Alice Wonder <alice at domblogger.net>: > >> Hi - I think the patent monster has struck again. >> >> rmd = hashlib.new('ripemd160',binascii.unhexlify(someString)).hexdigest() >> >> That fails - ValueError: unsupported hash type >> >> From some googling, it appears that the supported hash types are from >> OpenSSL and that means the OpenSSL in CentOS doesn't support ripemd160. >> >> I've worked around other stuff missing from CentOS OpenSSL by building >> LibreSSL and linking against that but python is central to the operation of >> CentOS and I do not want to mess with replacing the CentOS packaging of >> python. >> >> Is there an alternate way to get a ripemd160 hash in python on CentOS ? >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >