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MD4 is a new, fast message digest algorithm. It inputs a message of any length and outputs a digest of 128 bits. It is conjectured that it is computationally infeasible to find two messages with the same digest or a message with a prespecified digest. MD4 processes 1.45M bytes/s on a SUN Sparc station, 70K bytes/s on a DEC MicroVax II, and 32K bytes/s on a 20MHz 80286. MD4 is also quite compact. MD4 is being placed in the public domain for review and possible adoption as a standard.
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Kaliski, B.S. (1991). The MD4 Message Digest Algorithm. In: Damgård, I.B. (eds) Advances in Cryptology — EUROCRYPT ’90. EUROCRYPT 1990. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 473. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46877-3_46
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