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Re: [Cryptography] Sha3
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Johnston)
Fri Oct 4 09:55:44 2013
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Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 21:27:47 -0700
From: David Johnston <dj@deadhat.com>
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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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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/1/2013 2:34 AM, Ray Dillinger
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What I don't understand here is why the process of selecting a
standard algorithm for cryptographic primitives is so highly
focused on speed. ~<br>
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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
good".<br>
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