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+/* ripemd160.h
+ *
+ * RIPEMD-160 hash function.
+ */
+
+/* nettle, low-level cryptographics library
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Andres Mejia
+ *
+ * The nettle library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ *
+ * The nettle library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with the nettle library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NETTLE_RIPEMD160_H_INCLUDED
+#define NETTLE_RIPEMD160_H_INCLUDED
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include "nettle-types.h"
+
+/* Name mangling */
+#define ripemd160_init nettle_ripemd160_init
+#define ripemd160_update nettle_ripemd160_update
+#define ripemd160_digest nettle_ripemd160_digest
+
+/* RIPEMD160 */
+
+#define RIPEMD160_DIGEST_SIZE 20
+#define RIPEMD160_DATA_SIZE 64
+
+/* Digest is kept internally as 5 32-bit words. */
+#define _RIPEMD160_DIGEST_LENGTH 5
+
+struct ripemd160_ctx
+{
+  uint32_t digest[_RIPEMD160_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+  uint32_t nblocks;
+  uint8_t block[RIPEMD160_DATA_SIZE];
+  unsigned int index;
+};
+
+void
+ripemd160_init(struct ripemd160_ctx *ctx);
+
+void
+ripemd160_update(struct ripemd160_ctx *ctx,
+		 unsigned length,
+		 const uint8_t *data);
+
+void
+ripemd160_digest(struct ripemd160_ctx *ctx,
+		 unsigned length,
+		 uint8_t *digest);
+
+/* Internal compression function. STATE points to 5 uint32_t words,
+   and DATA points to 64 bytes of input data, possibly unaligned. */
+void
+_nettle_ripemd160_compress(uint32_t *state, const uint8_t *data);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* NETTLE_RIPEMD160_H_INCLUDED */