Overview#

A Cryptographic Hash Function formerly called Keccak, chosen in 2012 after a public competition among non-NSA designers.

SHA-3 is Stream Cipher using a Sponge Function

SHA-3 supports the same Message Digest lengths as SHA-2, but its internal structure differs significantly from the rest of the SHA family.

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Best Practices for LDAP Security
• FIPS 180
• FIPS 202
• Glossary Of LDAP And Directory Terminology
• Keccak
• Length extension attack
• Secure Hash Algorithm