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Re:NIST Retires SHA-1 Cryptographic Algorithm by silisili on Thursday December 15, 2022 @06:36PM (#34007395)
Random question - I see BLAKE written in caps. Is it an acronym of something?
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Re:NIST Retires SHA-1 Cryptographic Algorithm by detaro on Thursday December 15, 2022 @06:47PM (#34007497)
I don't think so? BLAKE is an evolution of an earlier proposal for a family of hash functions called LAKE, but the paper for that does not explain the name at least.
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