[openssl-dev] Variable length of digest

[Ann]

Am 23.12.2015 um 23:18 schrieb Dr. Stephen Henson:
> That's an interesting question. What digest requires this? Is the output
> length arbitrary or do the standards specify a maximum size?
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Is e.g. SHA-512/t (see 5.3.6 of FIPS 180-4) an appropriate example?
Here t is any positive integer without a leading zero such that t< 512,
and t is not 384.
/Ann.