Opened at 2008-06-14T22:13:25Z

Closed at 2009-03-03T04:18:16Z

#6 closed enhancement (duplicate)

add Tiger hash

Reported by: zooko Owned by:
Priority: minor Milestone:
Version: 0.5.1 Keywords:
Cc: Launchpad Bug:

Description

It might be nice to use Tiger hash someday.

Reasons:

  1. It is fast -- up to 3x as fast as SHA-256 on 64-bit CPUs.
  1. It has 192-bit output, which is what we want for as-small-as-possible crypto caps. Using a larger-output-size hash function such as SHA-265 and truncating the output from 256 bits to 192 bits could be insecure.

Change History (1)

comment:1 Changed at 2009-03-03T04:18:16Z by zooko

  • Resolution set to duplicate
  • Status changed from new to closed

I accidentally created a new ticket with the patch -- #14. Closing this one as duplicate.

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