Omnihash
Security and privacy
hashing utility
SHOW HN2016
34points
3comments
#929of 2,264 in 2016
Top 42%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Thorough coverage of many CRC variants
From 1 comment
Similar to 'rhash' [1], but in python. I like it! Some feedback: - What is the algorithm called 'SHA'? Is it the algorithm now commonly called 'SHA-0' [2], specified in NIST's…
niftich on HN
Includes SHA-3 and BLAKE2
From 1 comment
Similar to 'rhash' [1], but in python. I like it! Some feedback: - What is the algorithm called 'SHA'? Is it the algorithm now commonly called 'SHA-0' [2], specified in NIST's…
niftich on HN
Objections
Includes DSA and ECDSA, which are signatures rather than hash algorithms
From 1 comment
You include things like DSA and ECDSA, which are not hash algorithms, but signatures. Is a signature being computed internally? If so, with what key?
swordswinger12 on HN
Requests
Add SHA-512/224 and SHA-512/256
From 2 comments
Similar to 'rhash' [1], but in python. I like it! Some feedback: - What is the algorithm called 'SHA'? Is it the algorithm now commonly called 'SHA-0' [2], specified in NIST's…
niftich on HNI didn't know about rhash! Cool! This might be easier to install and use though. All of the first hashes come from Python's "hashlib.algorithms_available", so that's a really…
Mizza on HN
Add Skein implementations
From 1 comment
I didn't know about rhash! Cool! This might be easier to install and use though. All of the first hashes come from Python's "hashlib.algorithms_available", so that's a really…
Mizza on HN
Questions
Is 'SHA' the original SHA-0 algorithm?
From 1 comment
Similar to 'rhash' [1], but in python. I like it! Some feedback: - What is the algorithm called 'SHA'? Is it the algorithm now commonly called 'SHA-0' [2], specified in NIST's…
niftich on HN
Are signatures computed internally, and with what key?
From 1 comment
You include things like DSA and ECDSA, which are not hash algorithms, but signatures. Is a signature being computed internally? If so, with what key?
swordswinger12 on HN
Alternatives named
rhash
From 1 comment
Similar to 'rhash' [1], but in python. I like it! Some feedback: - What is the algorithm called 'SHA'? Is it the algorithm now commonly called 'SHA-0' [2], specified in NIST's…
niftich on HN