From: Bill Stewart <billstewart@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 19:14:28 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: FWD: Re: Tiger?
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Bruce Schneier wrote in sci.crypt :
> 
> In article <505bms$2m1@kadri.ut.ee>, sander@haldjas.folklore.ee (Sander
> Vesik) wrote:
> 
> > Bruce Schneier (schneier@counterpane.com) wrote:
> > : Tiger is a one-way hash function designed by Eli Biham and Ross Anderson.
> > : It is optimized for a 64-bit chip (DEC Alpha).  While interesting, Tiger
> > : is very new, completely unanalyzed (except by the authors), and hence
> > : still suspect.  On the other hand, it's lightning fast on 64-bit machines.
> >
> > : Wired is displaying typical uneducated hype in its mention.  I recommend
> > : that everyone look at Tiger, but that no one use it yet.
> >
> > It is round 2.3 times faster than MD5 on my Pentium - so the part about
> > high speed on the 32bit chips also seems to hold.
> 
> It is certainly fast, and it is definitely not your typical snake oil.
> It's just a mistake
> to start using an algorithm immediately after it is published.
> 
> Bruce
> 
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