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Answer by Dmitry Khovratovich for Why are the initial states of hashes...
In early years of hash function design it was unclear how to choose constants (not only initial vectors), and it was widely assumed that the more random they look, the more secure the function is....
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There is already a question asking "Why initialize SHA1 with specific buffer?" and my question follows on from this: Why are the initial states of hash functions often non-zero?For most, I have been...
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