Efficient computation of hashes
Journal article
Authors | Lopes, Raul, Franqueira, Virginia N. L. and Hobson, Peter |
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Abstract | The sequential computation of hashes at the core of many distributed storage systems and found, for example, in grid services can hinder efficiency in service quality and even pose security challenges that can only be addressed by the use of parallel hash tree modes. The main contributions of this paper are, first, the identification of several efficiency and security challenges posed by the use of sequential hash computation based on the Merkle-Damgard engine. In addition, alternatives for the parallel computation of hash trees are discussed, and a prototype for a new parallel implementation of the Keccak function, the SHA-3 winner, is introduced. |
The sequential computation of hashes at the core of many distributed storage systems and found, for example, in grid services can hinder efficiency in service quality and even pose security challenges that can only be addressed by the use of parallel hash tree modes. The main contributions of this paper are, first, the identification of several efficiency and security challenges posed by the use of sequential hash computation based on the Merkle-Damgard engine. In addition, alternatives for the parallel computation of hash trees are discussed, and a prototype for a new parallel implementation of the Keccak function, the SHA-3 winner, is introduced. | |
Keywords | SHA-3; Hashing; Keccak; Algorithm |
Year | 2014 |
Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
Publisher | IOP Publishing Ltd |
ISSN | 1742-6588 |
1742-6596 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/513/3/032042 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/583881 |
hdl:10545/583881 | |
Publication dates | 11 Jun 2014 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 14 Dec 2015, 11:02 |
Series | Vol. 513 |
Track 3 | |
Rights | Archived with thanks to Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
Contributors | Brunel University and University of Central Lancashire |
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