cubehash

CubeHash

Rust implementation of the CubeHash hash function (revisions 2 and 3) with SIMD acceleration and a portable scalar fallback. Based on the C99 implementation by Dennis Mitchell (https://github.com/DennisMitchell/cubehash).

Features and platform support

• x86/x86_64: SSE2 and AVX2 intrinsics
• AArch64: NEON intrinsics
• Portable scalar: always available; can be forced with the force-scalar feature
• WebAssembly binary and bindings
• Both CubeHash rev2 and rev3 are supported; CLI allows -2/-3 selection

Library usage

Add to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
cubehash = "0.3"
# optionally force the portable (non-SIMD) backend:
# cubehash = { version = "0.3", features = ["force-scalar"] }

Incremental API with fixed-size wrappers (choose revision 2 or 3):

use cubehash::{CubeHash256, CubeHash384, CubeHash512};

let mut h256 = CubeHash256::new(3); // revision 3
h256.update(b"hello");
h256.update(b" world");
let digest_32: [u8; 32] = h256.finalize();

let mut h384 = CubeHash384::new(3);
h384.update(b"data");
let digest_48: [u8; 48] = h384.finalize();

let mut h512 = CubeHash512::new(2); // revision 2
h512.update(b"data");
let digest_64: [u8; 64] = h512.finalize();

Generic streaming API with explicit parameters (auto-selects the best backend):

use cubehash::{CubeHashBest, CubeHashParams};

let mut h = CubeHashBest::new(CubeHashParams { revision: 3, hash_len_bits: 256 });
h.update(b"stream ");
h.update(b"data");
let digest: Vec<u8> = h.finalize(); // length = hash_len_bits / 8

CLI usage

Build and run the CLI:

cargo build --release
./target/release/cubehash -3 -l 256 < file

Hash a string directly:

./target/release/cubehash -3 -l 256 "hello world"

Or via stdin:

echo -n "hello world" | ./target/release/cubehash -3 -l 256

Options:

• -2 / -3: select revision 2 or 3 (default rev3)
• -l HASHLEN: output length in bits (8..=512, multiple of 8)
• -h: show help

Benchmarks

• Run all benches with Criterion: cargo bench
• Bash script timing the hashing of testfiles: ./benchmark.sh

There is also a manifest-based verification script used in CI to hash test files and compare against expected outputs: ./scripts/verify_manifest.sh

References

• Spec and background: https://cubehash.cr.yp.to/

License

Licensed under MIT (LICENSE-MIT)