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Generate a variable-length hash of `data` in Node.js
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| var crypto = require("crypto"); | |
| /* variableHash - Generate a variable-length hash of `data`. | |
| Adapted node version 8.x | |
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| Similar to the answer here: http://crypto.stackexchange.com/a/3559/4829 | |
| If you want a b-bit hash of the message m, then use the first b bits of AES-CTR(SHA256(m)). | |
| Rather than using the suggested algorithm in the stackexchange answer above, I developed |