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This paper describes a new software-efficient 256-bit hash function, FORK-256. Recently proposed attacks on MD5 and SHA-1 motivate a new hash function design. It is designed not only to have higher security but also to be faster than SHA-256. The performance of the new hash function is at least 30% better than that of SHA-256 in software. And it is secure against any known cryptographic attacks on hash functions.
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Hong, D. et al. (2006). A New Dedicated 256-Bit Hash Function: FORK-256. In: Robshaw, M. (eds) Fast Software Encryption. FSE 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4047. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11799313_13
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