Re: Query about hash function capability

2005-08-05 Thread Jason Holt
On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Arash Partow wrote: ie: input1 : abcdefg - h(abcdefg) = 123 input2 : gabcdef - h(gabcdef) = 123 input3 : fgabcde - h(fgabcde) = 123 I don't have a formal reference for you, but this seems intuitively correct to me: put the strings in a canonical form so that all

Re: Query about hash function capability

2005-08-05 Thread Jerrold Leichter
| Hi all, | | My question relates to hash functions in general and not specifically | cryptographic hashes. I was wondering if there exists a group of hash | function(s) that will return an identical result for sequentially | similar yet rotate/shift wise dissimilar input: | | ie: input1 :

Re: Query about hash function capability

2005-08-04 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 12:55:51PM +1000, Arash Partow wrote: Hi all, My question relates to hash functions in general and not specifically cryptographic hashes. I was wondering if there exists a group of hash function(s) that will return an identical result for sequentially similar yet

Re: Query about hash function capability

2005-08-04 Thread Alexander Klimov
On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Arash Partow wrote: My question relates to hash functions in general and not specifically cryptographic hashes. I was wondering if there exists a group of hash function(s) that will return an identical result for sequentially similar yet rotate/shift wise dissimilar input:

Re: Query about hash function capability

2005-08-04 Thread Ian Clelland
On Aug 3, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Arash Partow wrote: My question relates to hash functions in general and not specifically cryptographic hashes. I was wondering if there exists a group of hash function(s) that will return an identical result for sequentially similar yet rotate/shift wise dissimilar