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mykhal
on Aug 5, 2015
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SHA-3 Standard [pdf]
XOF, nice.. but what is the point of expanding SHAKE256 to e.g. 4096 bits, if its security remains 256 bits ?
amluto
on Aug 6, 2015
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To derive 4096 bits of pseudorandom data from an input. For example, you could derive 16 256-bit keys from one master secret.
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