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Re: more on NIST hash competition
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Wed Jan 24 16:34:54 2007
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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:22:38 -0500
From: =?UTF-8?B?SXZhbiBLcnN0acSH?= <krstic@solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu>
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Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> http://www.csrc.nist.gov/pki/HashWorkshop/index.html
I'm completely unfamiliar with the way NIST operates, but I've been
wondering for years why they haven't organized this competition already.
Do we have a list veteran who can shed some light on why it took them
this long? My curiosity demands to know.
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Ivan Krstić <krstic@solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu> | GPG: 0x147C722D
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