• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.885-899
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• 1999

We propose a new hash function-SMD(Strengthened Mes-sage Digest) based on the design principle of dedicated hash functions. It processes an arbitrary finite message by 512-bit block and outputs 160 bits digest and has data-dependent rotation characteristic which guar-anteens the strength against existing known attacks. Moreover we also propose a new keyed MAC(Message Authentication Code) constructed by using the proposed hash function. The proposed MAC uses a max-imum keys of 160 bits and hs an output-length less than equal to the hash result. From the viewpoint of performance the proposed MAC is only reduced about 10% comparing to the underlying hash function.