Paul Hoffman wrote:
> At 10:39 AM -0700 7/4/09, Hal Finney wrote:
>
>> But how many other hash function candidates would also be excluded if
>> such a stringent criterion were applied? Or turning it around, if NIST
>> demanded a proof of immunity to differential attacks as Rivest proposed,
>> ho
At 10:39 AM -0700 7/4/09, Hal Finney wrote:
>But how many other hash function candidates would also be excluded if
>such a stringent criterion were applied? Or turning it around, if NIST
>demanded a proof of immunity to differential attacks as Rivest proposed,
>how many candidates have offered such
On Sat, 2009-07-04 at 10:39 -0700, "Hal Finney" wrote:
> Rivest:
> > Thus, while MD6 appears to be a robust and secure cryptographic
> > hash algorithm, and has much merit for multi-core processors,
> > our inability to provide a proof of security for a
> > reduced-round (and possib
At 10:39 AM -0700 7/4/09, Hal Finney wrote:
>But how many other hash function candidates would also be excluded if
>such a stringent criterion were applied? Or turning it around, if NIST
>demanded a proof of immunity to differential attacks as Rivest proposed,
>how many candidates have offered such
Rivest:
> Thus, while MD6 appears to be a robust and secure cryptographic
> hash algorithm, and has much merit for multi-core processors,
> our inability to provide a proof of security for a
> reduced-round (and possibly tweaked) version of MD6 against
> differential a
At 11:49 PM -0400 7/3/09, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>Here's the essential paragraph:
>
> Thus, while MD6 appears to be a robust and secure cryptographic
> hash algorithm, and has much merit for multi-core processors,
> our inability to provide a proof of security for a
> red
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:51:47 -0700 or thereabouts "Joseph Ashwood"
wrote:
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:05 PM
> Subject: MD6 withdrawn from SHA-3 competition
>
> > Also from Bruce Schneier, a report that MD6 was withdrawn from the
> > SHA-3 competition because of performance considerations.
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:51:47 -0700
"Joseph Ashwood" wrote:
> --
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:05 PM
> Subject: MD6 withdrawn from SHA-3 competition
>
> > Also from Bruce Schneier, a report that MD6 was withdrawn from the
> > SHA-3 competition b
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Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:05 PM
Subject: MD6 withdrawn from SHA-3 competition
Also from Bruce Schneier, a report that MD6 was withdrawn from the SHA-3
competition because of performance considerations.
I find this disappointing. With th