phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] Random Hash Functions

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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 22:25:53 -0400
From: Daniel Franke <dfoxfranke@...il.com>
To: discussions@...sword-hashing.net
Subject: Re: [PHC] Random Hash Functions

> Of course, generating a random *secure* cryptographic hash function is
> NOT easy, since it takes years of design and testing to become confident
> in just one. However, except for very valuable hashes, attackers
> probably won't spend a lot of time cryptanalyzing them, so it's OK for
> them to be not-so-secure.
>
> Does anyone know of existing similar work?

The closest thing I've heard of along these lines is the AES candidate FROG:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FROG