[openssl-dev] use SIPhash for OPENSSL_LH_strhash?

Salz, Rich rsalz at akamai.com
Wed Jan 11 03:13:39 UTC 2017


The needs for OpenSSL's LHASH are exactly what SipHash was designed for: fast on short strings.
OpenSSL's hash currently *does not* call MD5 or SHA1; the MD5 code is commented out.
Yes, performance tests would greatly inform the decision.


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