SHA-3 Finalist Candidates Known

Skuto writes "NIST just announced the final selection of algorithms in the SHA-3 hash competition. The algorithms that are candidates to replace SHA-2 are BLAKE, Grøstl, JH, Keccak and Skein. The selection criteria included performance in software and hardware, hardware implementation size, best known attacks and being different enough from the other candidates. Curiously, some of the faster algorithms were eliminated as they were felt to be 'too fast to be true.' A full report with the (non-)selection rationale for each candidate is forthcoming."

Comments

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[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:"Too fast to be true"

[icebike]

But a hash is just a hash. Its not designed as an encryption tool. It is predominantly used to determine if two blocks of arbitrary input are equal.

Was the binary file corrupted in transit? Compare the hash of the Original to the hash of the copy.

There are some cryptographic uses of hashs but they are tangential for the most part.