Actually you do get some added security, because it prevents the length extension attacks sha-2 and related hash functions have thanks to the Merkle-Damgard construction [0]. Specifically, by truncating the hash, the…
Actually you do get some added security, because it prevents the length extension attacks sha-2 and related hash functions have thanks to the Merkle-Damgard construction [0]. Specifically, by truncating the hash, the…