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== Cryptanalysis ==
 
== Cryptanalysis ==
  
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|  Type of Analysis || Hash Function Part || Hash Size (n) || Parameters/Variants || Compression Function Calls || Memory Requirements ||  Reference
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| style="background:orange" | 2nd preimage || hash ||  ||  || 2<sup>344</sup> || - || [http://web.mit.edu/dwilson/www/hash/abacus_attack.pdf Wilson]
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| style="background:orange" | collision || hash ||  ||  || 2<sup>172</sup> || - || [http://web.mit.edu/dwilson/www/hash/abacus_attack.pdf Wilson]
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| style="background:orange" | 2nd preimage || hash ||  ||  || 2<sup>172</sup> || - || [http://lj.streamclub.ru/papers/hash/abacus.pdf Nikolić,Khovratovich]
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A description of this table is given [http://ehash.iaik.tugraz.at/wiki/Cryptanalysis_Categories#Individual_Hash_Function_Tables here].
  
  
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  howpublished = {available online},
 
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  year = {2008},
 
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abstract = {A technique for controlling parts of the internal state of the Abacus hash function is described. This technique leads to a second-preimage attack of complexity 2^344 operations and a collision attack of approximately 2^172 operations.},
 
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  howpublished = {available online},
 
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abstract = {We present a second preimage attack on Abacus. The attack requires 2^172 computations and negligible memory for all digests.},
 
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Latest revision as of 21:46, 29 December 2008

1 The algorithm

  • Author(s): Neil Sholer
  • NIST submission package: Abacus.zip


Neil Sholer - Abacus: A Candidate for SHA-3

,2008
http://ehash.iaik.tugraz.at/uploads/b/be/Abacus.pdf
Bibtex
Author : Neil Sholer
Title : Abacus: A Candidate for SHA-3
In : -
Address :
Date : 2008


2 Cryptanalysis

Type of Analysis Hash Function Part Hash Size (n) Parameters/Variants Compression Function Calls Memory Requirements Reference
2nd preimage hash 2344 - Wilson
collision hash 2172 - Wilson
2nd preimage hash 2172 - Nikolić,Khovratovich

A description of this table is given here.


David A. Wilson - Abacus: A second-preimage and collision attack

,2008
http://web.mit.edu/dwilson/www/hash/abacus_attack.pdf
Bibtex
Author : David A. Wilson
Title : Abacus: A second-preimage and collision attack
In : -
Address :
Date : 2008

Ivica Nikolic, Dmitry Khovratovich - Second preimage attack on Abacus

,2008
http://lj.streamclub.ru/papers/hash/abacus.pdf
Bibtex
Author : Ivica Nikolic, Dmitry Khovratovich
Title : Second preimage attack on Abacus
In : -
Address :
Date : 2008