Re: Possible non-extension property for hash functions

2005-08-08 Thread John Kelsey
From: Bill Frantz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Aug 6, 2005 6:27 PM To: cryptography@metzdowd.com Subject: Possible non-extension property for hash functions ... [Talking about the length-extension property.] H(x) = H(y) == H(x||s) = H(y||s) It seems to me that there might be a class of hash functions

Possible non-extension property for hash functions

2005-08-06 Thread Bill Frantz
In Steve Bellovin and Eric Rescorla's paper, Deploying a New Hash Algorithm*, the author's note the well known property of hash functions: For two different stings x and y, H(x) = H(y) == H(x||s) = H(y||s) It seems to me that there might be a class of hash functions for which this property