Because the SHA3 competition showed us that SHA2 is a good hash... and SHA2 is
much faster than SHA3.
-derek
Sent from my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
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From: "Leo Gaspard" <leo(_at_)gaspard(_dot_)io>
To: <openpgp(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Subject: [openpgp] V5 Fingerprint again
Date: Wed, Mar 1, 2017 6:27 PM
On 03/01/2017 06:30 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
H(x) = SHA-2-512(x)
Hoping this hasn't been discussed before, but... is there a reason for
not picking SHA3-512? (or SHAKE256 with 25*8 bits of output if willing
to stay at 25 octets for the fingerprint)
This should push back the next required switch to a v6 key.
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