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FWD: Re: Tiger?
Bruce Schneier wrote in sci.crypt :
>
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Sander
> Vesik) wrote:
>
> > Bruce Schneier ([email protected]) wrote:
> > : Tiger is a one-way hash function designed by Eli Biham and Ross Anderson.
> > : It is optimized for a 64-bit chip (DEC Alpha). While interesting, Tiger
> > : is very new, completely unanalyzed (except by the authors), and hence
> > : still suspect. On the other hand, it's lightning fast on 64-bit machines.
> >
> > : Wired is displaying typical uneducated hype in its mention. I recommend
> > : that everyone look at Tiger, but that no one use it yet.
> >
> > It is round 2.3 times faster than MD5 on my Pentium - so the part about
> > high speed on the 32bit chips also seems to hold.
>
> It is certainly fast, and it is definitely not your typical snake oil.
> It's just a mistake
> to start using an algorithm immediately after it is published.
>
> Bruce
>
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