Avalanche Effect
Manual version: 5 May 2014
Manual version: 5 May 2014
Introduction
The Avalanche effect refers to a desirable property of cryptographic algorithm. We use it as a test to prove if, when an input is
changed slightly the output changes significantly. Thus, this is able to help
us to decide if the input hash function or the selected hash function is good
enough as we expected.
User Interface
The steps below shows an example, of which you could use
your own data to test hash functions
Step1:
Input your own message to the Message Box (all characters
are acceptable) in the Configuration area. E.g. Apple
Step2:
Choose a Hash Function as a tested
target. Here, we use the default setting which is MD5, or you can choose the
others from Hash format.
Step3:
Scroll up or Input a Bit Size which would be the size of the analyzing during the process. Note that
if MD5 is selected and the input Bit Size is bigger than 128bits, the default
will be 128bits during the process. E.g. 132
Step4:
Scroll up or Input a Running times
into the spin box.
Step5:
After
clicking start, then click ok from the Warning dialog.
Step6:
Go to Detail Tab. You can save the
configuration as recycle use.
Step7:
Also
you can save the result into 3 file types
With
the file saves suceessfully, it will pop a dialog. Be patient if the success
dialog has not shown up.
