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While unsuitable for a bio, it is also worth noting that his algorithm is one of the five finalists for the ongoing NIST SHA3 competition. This is further than
by lawnchair_larry 15y ago
While unsuitable for a bio, it is also worth noting that his algorithm is one of the five finalists for the ongoing NIST SHA3 competition. This is further than Dan Bernstein's algorithm went.
He is also the author of blowfish, which is the basis of bcrypt, which you may have heard people preaching about on HN.
- tptacek 15y agoNote that BLAKE, another SHA-3 finalist, is based on DJB's ChaCha permutation.
- pbsd 15y agoIt's unfair to compare Skein (designed by a 8 people team, most of which more active in the field than Bruce), to CubeHash, solely designed by Dan.
- lawnchair_larry 15y agoI wasn't actually trying to suggest that Schneier is better than Dan, just trying to convey that he isn't just some blogger/author that blows hot air. He has technical accomplishments at least roughly on par with those in his field.