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Re: [Cryptography] Sha3

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Johnston)
Fri Oct 4 09:55:44 2013

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On 10/1/2013 2:34 AM, Ray Dillinger wrote:
> What I don't understand here is why the process of selecting a 
> standard algorithm for cryptographic primitives is so highly focused 
> on speed. ~

What makes you think Keccak is faster than the alternatives that were 
not selected? My implementations suggest otherwise.
I thought the main motivation for selecting Keccak was "Sponge good".


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      What I don't understand here is why the process of selecting a
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    What makes you think Keccak is faster than the alternatives that
    were not selected? My implementations suggest otherwise.<br>
    I thought the main motivation for selecting Keccak was "Sponge
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