Whirlpool

Whirlpool

In computer science and cryptography, Whirlpool (sometimes styled WHIRLPOOL) is a cryptographic hash function. It was designed by Vincent Rijmen (co-creator of the Advanced Encryption Standard) and Paulo S. L. M. Barreto, who first described it in 2000.

Informations

• First published - 2000
• Digest sizes - 512 bits
• Structure - Miyaguchi-Preneel
• Rounds - 10

Authors

Vincent Rijmen, Paulo S. L. M. Barreto

Implementations

• nessie.h
• Whirlpool.c

Materials

• On the diffusion matrix employed in the Whirlpool hashing function
• The Rebound Attack: Cryptanalysis of Reduced Whirlpool and Grøstl
• Whirlpool website