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Tiger (hash) - Definition |
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In cryptography, Tiger is a cryptographic hash function designed by Ross Anderson and Eli Biham in 1996 with a view for efficiency on 64-bit platforms. The size of a Tiger hash value is 192 bits.
It is frequently used in Merkle Hash Tree form, where it is referred to as TTH (Tiger Tree Hash). TTH is used by many clients on the Direct Connect network.
The BitPrint hash uses Tiger and SHA.
See also
References
- Tiger - A Fast New Hash Function, by Ross Anderson and Eli Biham, proceedings of Fast Software Encryption 3, Cambridge, 1996.
External links
- The Tiger home page (http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~biham/Reports/Tiger/)
- Jacksum (http://www.jonelo.de/java/jacksum/index.html) (a program with various message verification functions, including Tiger)
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Example Usage of (hash) |
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nijhazer: Someone on VGEvo just sent me a PM alerting me that I've been misspelling "Andrich" in the following hash tag: #suckitandrich |
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4fifteen: spam hash brown bake and pasta salad are done. both of em came out real good... i think. let's get this show on the road... im HUNGRY!!! :) |
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Rawkiddo: Equipped a Hash Sword. #epicpetwars http://www.epicpetwars.com |
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