# \#blowfish

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## [Long-term support of blowfish\_ecb in Erlang crypto](https://erlangforums.com/t/long-term-support-of-blowfish-ecb-in-erlang-crypto/5904)

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**Author:** [@a3kov](https://erlangforums.com/u/a3kov)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/long-term-support-of-blowfish-ecb-in-erlang-crypto/5904 "2026-09-25T18:04:31Z")

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I wanted to use crypto module blowfish\_ecb to encrypt 64bit ids, but I noticed that this cypher is marked deprecated in OpenSSL. If OpenSSL removes it in a few years, will BEAM still provide it ? I want to retain the abi…