Sha-1 and the strict avalanche criterion

Title: Sha-1 and the strict avalanche criterion
Creator: Motara, Yusuf, M, Irwin, Barry V W
Date: 2016
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/429010
Identifier: vital:72553
Identifier: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7802926
Description: The Strict Avalanche Criterion (SAC) is a measure of both confusion and diffusion, which are key properties of a cryptographic hash function. This work provides a working definition of the SAC, describes an experimental methodology that can be used to statistically evaluate whether a cryptographic hash meets the SAC, and uses this to investigate the degree to which compression function of the SHA-1 hash meets the SAC. The results (P 0.01) are heartening: SHA-1 closely tracks the SAC after the first 24 rounds, and demonstrates excellent properties of confusion and diffusion throughout.
Format: 5 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: Information security for South Africa (ISSA), Motara, Y.M. and Irwin, B., 2016, August. Sha-1 and the strict avalanche criterion. In 2016 Information security for South Africa (ISSA) (pp. 35-40). IEEE, Information security for South Africa (ISSA) volume 2016 number 1 35 40 2016 Conference
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