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SHACAL-1 (originally simply SHACAL) is a 160-bit block cipher based on SHA-1, and supports keys from 128-bit to 512-bit. SHACAL-2 is a 256-bit block cipher based upon the larger hash function SHA-256.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHACAL | Block sizes | 160 bits (SHACAL-1), 256 bits (SHACAL-2) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SHACAL | Certification | NESSIE (SHACAL-2) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SHACAL | Derived from | SHA-1, SHA-256 | 1.00 | infobox |
| SHACAL | Designers | Helena Handschuh, David Naccache | 1.00 | infobox |
| SHACAL | Key sizes | 128 to 512 bits | 1.00 | infobox |
| SHACAL | Related to | Crab | 1.00 | infobox |
| SHACAL | Rounds | 80 | 1.00 | infobox |
| SHACAL | Structure | Cryptographic hash function | 1.00 | infobox |
| SHACAL | related to Design | SHACAL-1 | 0.60 | section |
| SHACAL | related to Design | SHA-1 | 0.60 | section |
| SHACAL | related to Design | The | 0.60 | section |
| SHACAL | related to Design | This | 0.60 | section |
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