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Smashing (Crypto) Pumpkins

Meet the Pumpkin Hash: MD6

Well, it’s that time of the year when you can’t avoid pumpkins. So let’s look at a little story about an amazing piece of cryptography that never quite make it into the mainstream: the Pumpkin Hash.

MD2, MD4, and MD5

Ron Rivest is held in possibly the highest of all regards of anyone in cryptography. Overall…