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Surely SHA384 is no slower than SHA512/256 since both need to compute a SHA512 hash before truncation?
> and the number of truncated bits, which is the factor mitigating length extension.
Is there really a meaningful difference in mitigation between truncating 25% and 50% of the original hash?
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Surely SHA384 is no slower than SHA512/256 since both need to compute a SHA512 hash before truncation?
> and the number of truncated bits, which is the factor mitigating length extension.
Is there really a meaningful difference in mitigation between truncating 25% and 50% of the original hash?