in reply to (OT)Speculation: 128-bit digest + 64-bit length (192-bits) is more reliable and unique than a 256-digest alone.

For cryptographic hashes,

Your approach isn't likely to help the second and third feature I mentioned.

For example, the successful attacks against MD5 created two messages of the same length with the same signature. Your variation is no more secure than plain MD5 in that case.

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