[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #3897] request: add BLAKE2 hash function (let's kill md5sum!)

[Rainer Jung]

Am 09.06.2015 um 18:43 schrieb Bill Cox:
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Salz, Rich <rsalz at akamai.com
> <mailto:rsalz at akamai.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     > Zooko only asked for supporting Blake2 as an MD5 replacement, but he's being too modest.  I can't stress enough how important the speed of Blake2
>
>     The problem is that when you say "Blake2" everyone (yes, everyone in
>     the entire world:) thinks it's one digest.  What's really meant is a
>     family of four.
>
>     That's not insurmountable, but it is confusing.
>
>
> I agree.  How about Blake256 and Blake512, and leave out the parallel
> versions?  That's not confusing.

Not an expert here, but according to

https://131002.net/blake/

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAKE_%28hash_function%29

the terms BLAKE-256 and BLAKE-512 were already used by BLAKE, the 
predecessor of BLAKE2.

Regards,

Rainer