@misc{rfc7693, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 7693, howpublished = {RFC 7693}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC7693}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7693}, author = {Markku-Juhani O. Saarinen and Jean-Philippe Aumasson}, title = {{The BLAKE2 Cryptographic Hash and Message Authentication Code (MAC)}}, pagetotal = 30, year = 2015, month = nov, abstract = {This document describes the cryptographic hash function BLAKE2 and makes the algorithm specification and C source code conveniently available to the Internet community. BLAKE2 comes in two main flavors: BLAKE2b is optimized for 64-bit platforms and BLAKE2s for smaller architectures. BLAKE2 can be directly keyed, making it functionally equivalent to a Message Authentication Code (MAC).}, }