<s>
Two-Track-MAC	B-Algorithm
algorithm	O
has	O
been	O
selected	O
as	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
NESSIE	O
in	O
November	O
2000	O
and	O
was	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
fast	O
and	O
reliable	O
method	O
to	O
hash	B-Algorithm
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
two	O
hash	B-Algorithm
functions	I-Algorithm
in	O
parallel	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
similar	O
to	O
MDC-2	B-Algorithm
.	O
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