Libwhirlpool
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WHIRLPOOL cryptographic hash function library for UNIX and Linux.

Also provides 'whirlpoolsum' utility for easy calculation and checking WHIRLPOOL hashes similar to 'md5sum' and 'shaXXXsum'.


Installation
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If you are a Fedora or RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) user, you can install 'libwhirlpool' package from standard repositories:
  * Fedora 22+: "dnf install libwhirlpool"
  * RHEL, CentOS, etc: you need to enable EPEL repository and issue command
    "yum install libwhirlpool"

For other systems:
  * Get the source from https://github.com/dfateyev/libwhirlpool
    (clone repository, or grab a release tarball)
  * Unpack the downloaded tarball if required
  * Configure and build, as usual:
      ./configure  (see "./configure --help" for all available options)
      make
      make install


License
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This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

Authors: Paulo S.L.M. Barreto, Vincent Rijmen (Whirlpool algorithm),
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason (improvements), Denis Fateyev (whirlpoolsum).


Contact
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Libwhirlpool home page: https://github.com/dfateyev/libwhirlpool

Report any bugs to '[email protected]'