I'm not very familiar with using a truncated hash as an "anonymizing" function, but I'd suggest not bothering with MD5. Just use SHA-512, or Tiger if you really need the extra speed. The latest release of Crypto++ made these algorithms much faster on typical x86 platforms. See http://www.cryptopp.com/benchmarks.html.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Crypto++ Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 12:22 PM Subject: Truncated Hash and Algorithm Choice > > Hi All, > > The latest NIST recommendation for hashing is SHA-2. However, when > using a Truncated Hash as an 'Anonymizing' function, could one use MD5 > instead? Intuition tells me yes. > > Jeff > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Crypto++ Users" Google Group. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information about Crypto++ and this group is available at http://www.cryptopp.com. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
