Consider adding Whirlpool hash function (message digest)

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Consider adding Whirlpool hash function (message digest) #1440

Closed gissuebot closed 10 years ago

gissuebot commented 10 years ago

Original issue created by kurt.kluever on 2013-06-06 at 04:17 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_(cryptography)

"Have you guys considered adding the Whirpool digest algorithm to your toolkit? The last time I checked, it is cryptographically secure, and is in the same class as SHA-512"

(via comment by John Sims on https://plus.google.com/118010414872916542489/posts/1eDwAr1YRE2)

gissuebot commented 10 years ago

Original comment posted by kurt.kluever on 2013-06-06 at 04:23 PM

BTW, for anyone who needs this right away, it looks like the "Jacksum" project already has an implementation of Whirlpool: http://www.jonelo.de/java/jacksum/

gissuebot commented 10 years ago

Original comment posted by cpovirk@google.com on 2014-04-17 at 03:47 PM

Closing for the moment, since we need to find a way to choose among the many available hash functions that we could implement.

Status: WorkingAsIntended