BLAKE Cryptographic Hash Function
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What is the word size used by BLAKE-512 and BLAKE-384?

  • 128-bit words
  • 16-bit words
  • 64-bit words (correct)
  • 32-bit words

How does BLAKE combine the hash value with message words to obtain the next hash value?

  • By adding a permuted copy of the input block
  • By adding round constants before each ChaCha round
  • By truncating the ChaCha result (correct)
  • By XORing the hash value with the message words

Who announced the BLAKE2 hash function based on BLAKE?

  • Luca Henzen
  • Jean-Philippe Aumasson (correct)
  • Willi Meier
  • Daniel J. Bernstein

In which year was BLAKE3, based on BLAKE2, announced?

<p>2020 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many entries were there in the NIST hash function competition in 2008?

<p>51 entries (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the core block transformation in BLAKE based on?

<p>A table of 16 constant words and a table of 10 16-element permutations (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between BLAKE and ChaCha's quarter-round function?

<p>BLAKE reuses the permutation of the ChaCha stream cipher with opposite direction rotations (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some changes that have been made to BLAKE in response to the NIST hash function competition?

<p>The number of rounds was increased from 10/14 to 14/16 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the design goal of BLAKE2 in relation to MD5 and SHA-1 algorithms?

<p>To provide better security and performance than MD5 and SHA-1 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What features does BLAKE2 support?

<p>Keying, salting, personalization, and hash tree modes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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