A US government agency has selected cryptographic hash function Keccak as the new official SHA-3 algorithm.. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's decision to pick the nippy system as the replacement for SHA-1 and SHA-2 marks the end of a six-year competitive process. Five algorithms were left in the running at the end, including crypto-guru Bruce Schneier's Skein. The link for this article located at The Register UK is no longer available. . The National Institute of Standards and Technology's decision to pick the nippy system as the replac. government, agency, selected, cryptographic, function, keccak, official, sha-3. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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