RIPEMD160Managed.Initialize Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography

Assembly:

mscorlib.dll

Initializes an instance of the RIPEMD160Managed class using the managed library.

public:
 override void Initialize();

public override void Initialize ();

override this.Initialize : unit -> unit

Public Overrides Sub Initialize ()

Remarks

RIPEMD-160 is a 160-bit cryptographic hash function. It is intended for use as a secure 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).

See also

• Cryptographic Services