Is rfc6979 safe to use?

rfc6979 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.5.0-rc.5). DepScope rates its health at 77/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of rfc6979?

The latest version of rfc6979 is 0.5.0-rc.5, released 2026-02-02.

Does rfc6979 have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of rfc6979.

Is rfc6979 deprecated?

No, rfc6979 is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.5.0-rc.5 (2026-02-02).

What are alternatives to rfc6979?

Popular alternatives to rfc6979 in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn.

What license does rfc6979 use?

rfc6979 is licensed under Apache-2.0 OR MIT.

rfc6979

cargov0.5.0-rc.5

Pure Rust implementation of RFC6979: Deterministic Usage of the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)

License Apache-2.0 OR MITpermissive19 versions0 deps32,700,871 weekly dl

RustCrypto/signatures

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 77/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.3/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

11

Contributors (12m)

11

Primary author dominance

58%

GitHub stars

623

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.74critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

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