[Resource Topic] 2008/272: A New Hash Family Obtained by Modifying the SHA-2 Family

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Title:
A New Hash Family Obtained by Modifying the SHA-2 Family

Authors: Somitra Kumar Sanadhya, Palash Sarkar

Abstract:

In this work, we study several properties of the SHA-2 design which have been utilized in recent collision attacks against reduced round SHA-2. Small modifications to the SHA-2 design are suggested to thwart these attacks. The modified round function provides the same resistance to linearization attacks as the original SHA-2 round function, but, provides better resistance to non-linear attacks. Our next contribution is to introduce the general idea of multiple feed-forward" for the construction of cryptographic hash functions. This can provide increased resistance to the Chabaud-Joux type perturbation-correction’’ collision attacks. The idea of feed-forward is taken further by introducing the idea of feed-forward across message blocks leading to resistance against generic multi-collision attacks. The net effect of the suggested changes to the SHA-2 design has insignificant impact on the efficiency of computing the digest.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2008/272

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