Hi Mouse,

> The correct term *is* "Truncated Hash". But I'm getting
> plenty of hits from Google:
Damn Google... After this week, I am trying out search other engines.

> There are cryptographic subtleties in truncating hash output - what are you
> trying to accomplish?
Annonymizing - trying to cut down on personally identifiable material.

Jeff

On 5/28/07, Mouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Jeffrey,
>
> The correct term *is* "Truncated Hash". But I'm getting plenty of hits from
> Google:
> http://www.google.com/search?q=truncated+hash&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org
> .mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
>
> There are cryptographic subtleties in truncating hash output - what are you
> trying to accomplish?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Walton
> > Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 18:17
> > To: Crypto++
> > Subject: Proper Name for 'Truncated Hash'
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm researching another topic, and wanted to know what is the
> > proper name for the following:
> >
> > h = H( M )  // hash a message M
> > generate h' by discarding all but the 6 low order bits of h
> >
> > I'm not getting too many hits with 'Truncated Hash' and
> > 'Abridged Hash', so I am thinking I am using the wrong terms.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > >
>
>
> >
>

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