On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 02:34:38AM -0400, S M wrote:
> How about WHIRLPOOL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHIRLPOOL). It is based on 
> Rijndael - the AES (advanced encryption standard) so it's been looked at a 
> lot.

Rijndael has had theoretical attacks, and is looking a bit shaky, but
there isn't anything better, so we will continue to use it. For the
moment we will stick with SHA-256 for a hash. Even if Rijndael is secure
that doesn't mean Whirlpool is; the requirements are different.
> 
> SM
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