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@williballenthin williballenthin commented Jan 6, 2026

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we already have HC-128, which is a similar but different algorithm. in particular:

HC-128 is similar in function, and reduces each of key length, nonce, number of words in the tables P and Q, and number of table updating steps by half.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HC-256

that rule does not match the new example.

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great, thank you @williballenthin !

@mike-hunhoff mike-hunhoff merged commit 6a0d506 into master Jan 6, 2026
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@mike-hunhoff mike-hunhoff deleted the hc-256 branch January 6, 2026 17:01
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