Whirlpool (cryptography)

WHIRLPOOL is a cryptographic hash function, designed by Vincent Rijmen and Paulo SLM Barreto. It was named after the Whirlpool galaxy in the constellation of the hunting dogs.

Jacuzzi works with files up to 2256 bit size and gives a hash value of 512 bits. So far no weaknesses of the algorithm are known, what needs to be qualified, however, because he is still very young and has so far been little studied.

The authors have declared that Whirlpool is not patented and it never will be. Whirlpool may be used free of charge for any purpose. The reference implementation is public domain.

Whirlpool is among those recommended by the NESSIE project cryptographic algorithms that have been standardized by the ISO with ISO / IEC 10118-3:2004.