Burr, W.
(2008),
The NIST Hash Competition, IEEE Security & Privacy, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=152084
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The NIST Hash Competition
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Since the discovery of collision attacks against several well known cryptographic hash functions in 2004 there has been a rush of new cryptanalytic results that cast doubt on our current hash function standards. The relatively new NIST SHA-2 standards are not yet immediately threatened, but their long term viability is now questioned. NIST has therefore begun an international competition to select a new SHA-3 standard. This article outlines the competition, its rules, the requirements for the hash function candidates, and the process that NIST will use to select the final winning SHA-3 standard.Citation
IEEE Security & Privacy
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6
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3
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Journals
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Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), algorithm, competition, cryptography, hash functions, Standard Hash Algorithm (SHA), security
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Created May 20, 2008, Updated February 19, 2017