[Cryptography] Italians invent SHA-7 in 2011

[Jon Callas]

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On Mar 19, 2014, at 2:43 PM, Tamzen Cannoy <tamzen at cannoy.org> wrote:

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> WTF? I missed this before somehow.
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> http://italiainnovatori.gov.it/en/innovations/sha-7-2/

Amusing.

I love the blur between has [sic] functions and ciphers. I rolled my eyes at the speed given in milliseconds, not cycles per byte.

I was struck by the number 3,628,800 for the increase in collision resistance. That happens to be 2^8 * 3^4 * 5^2 * 7, which is a really cool pattern.

	Jon


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