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Re: [TLS] SHA-3 in SignatureScheme

Ilari Liusvaara <ilariliusvaara@welho.com> Fri, 02 September 2016 14:30 UTC

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Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2016 17:30:37 +0300
From: Ilari Liusvaara <ilariliusvaara@welho.com>
To: "Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL" <uri@ll.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: [TLS] SHA-3 in SignatureScheme
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On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 01:29:28PM +0000, Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL wrote:
> Speaking of PRF hash, I want to bring up the fact that‎ SHA-3 is a
> better PRF by design, as that was one of the explicitly stated
> competition requirements (unlike MD*, SHA-1, and SHA-2).

Well, the name "prf-hash" comes from SSLv3-TLS 1.2 days, before it
was noticed that you need collision resistance too, which is much
stronger requirement than being a good prf (in constructions like
HMAC or HKDF).


-Ilari

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