Whirlpool hash function
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Whirlpool is a cryptographic hash function designed by Vincent Rijmen and Paulo S. L. M. Barreto, known for its wide-pipe construction and strong security properties suitable for digital signatures and data integrity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whirlpool hash function canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7414832 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whirlpool hash function Context triple: [Rijndael, relatedTo, Whirlpool hash function]
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A.
Merkle–Damgård construction
The Merkle–Damgård construction is a fundamental method for building collision-resistant cryptographic hash functions from fixed-size compression functions, used in many classic hash algorithms like MD5 and SHA-1.
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B.
SHA-256
SHA-256 is a widely used cryptographic hash function from the SHA-2 family that produces a 256-bit hash value for securing data integrity and authentication.
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C.
SHA-2
SHA-2 is a family of cryptographic hash functions widely used for data integrity, digital signatures, and security protocols on the internet.
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D.
RIPEMD-160
RIPEMD-160 is a 160-bit cryptographic hash function designed as an alternative to SHA-1, commonly used for data integrity and security applications.
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E.
SHA-1
SHA-1 is a now-legacy 160-bit cryptographic hash function once widely used for data integrity and digital signatures but today considered insecure due to practical collision attacks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whirlpool hash function Target entity description: Whirlpool is a cryptographic hash function designed by Vincent Rijmen and Paulo S. L. M. Barreto, known for its wide-pipe construction and strong security properties suitable for digital signatures and data integrity.
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A.
Merkle–Damgård construction
The Merkle–Damgård construction is a fundamental method for building collision-resistant cryptographic hash functions from fixed-size compression functions, used in many classic hash algorithms like MD5 and SHA-1.
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B.
SHA-256
SHA-256 is a widely used cryptographic hash function from the SHA-2 family that produces a 256-bit hash value for securing data integrity and authentication.
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C.
SHA-2
SHA-2 is a family of cryptographic hash functions widely used for data integrity, digital signatures, and security protocols on the internet.
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D.
RIPEMD-160
RIPEMD-160 is a 160-bit cryptographic hash function designed as an alternative to SHA-1, commonly used for data integrity and security applications.
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E.
SHA-1
SHA-1 is a now-legacy 160-bit cryptographic hash function once widely used for data integrity and digital signatures but today considered insecure due to practical collision attacks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | cryptographic hash function ⓘ |
| applicationDomain |
cryptography
ⓘ
information security ⓘ |
| basedOn | wide-pipe construction ⓘ |
| belongsToClass | iterated hash functions ⓘ |
| blockCipherStructure |
Substitution–Permutation Network
ⓘ
linked to:
Substitution–permutation network
|
| blockSize | 512 bits ⓘ |
| category | wide-pipe hash function ⓘ |
| collisionAttackComplexity | about 2^256 operations (idealized target) ⓘ |
| compressionFunctionConstruction | Miyaguchi–Preneel ⓘ |
| definedIn |
ISO/IEC 10118-3:2004, hash-function 3
ⓘ
linked to:
ISO/IEC 10118-3
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| designedFor | long-term security ⓘ |
| designer |
Paulo S. L. M. Barreto
ⓘ
Vincent Rijmen ⓘ |
| digestSize | 512 bits ⓘ |
| finalVersion | Whirlpool-T ⓘ |
| hashFamily |
Whirlpool family
ⓘ
linked to:
Maytag Corporation
|
| initialPublicationYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | whirlpool (physical phenomenon) ⓘ |
| outputEncoding | typically represented as 128-hex-character string ⓘ |
| paddingScheme |
Merkle–Damgård-style padding
ⓘ
linked to:
Merkle–Damgård construction
|
| preimageAttackComplexity | about 2^512 operations (idealized target) ⓘ |
| property |
collision resistance
ⓘ
preimage resistance ⓘ second preimage resistance ⓘ |
| purpose |
data integrity
ⓘ
digital signatures ⓘ |
| revisionYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| rounds | 10 ⓘ |
| sBoxOrigin | derived from AES S-box ⓘ |
| securityLevel | 256-bit collision resistance target ⓘ |
| standardizationYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | ISO/IEC 10118-3 ⓘ |
| stateSize | 512 bits ⓘ |
| status | no practical attacks on full-round Whirlpool known (as of 2024) ⓘ |
| suitableFor |
file integrity checking
ⓘ
hash-based digital signature schemes ⓘ message authentication code construction ⓘ |
| usesBlockCipher | W block cipher ⓘ |
| usesKeyScheduleLike | AES-like key schedule ⓘ |
| usesOperations |
byte substitution
ⓘ
column mixing ⓘ round key addition ⓘ row shift ⓘ |
| version |
Whirlpool-0
ⓘ
Whirlpool-1 ⓘ
linked to:
Whirlpool-T
Whirlpool-T ⓘ |
| wordSize | 64 bits ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Whirlpool hash function Description of subject: Whirlpool is a cryptographic hash function designed by Vincent Rijmen and Paulo S. L. M. Barreto, known for its wide-pipe construction and strong security properties suitable for digital signatures and data integrity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.