Performance Analysis of a Tool for the Visualization of Hashes on Mobile Devices

• Henrique Araújo de Carvalho USP http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5005-5155
• Jorge Miguel Ribeiro E-Val Tecnologia
• Daniel Macêdo Batista USP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4865-5896
• José Coelho de Pina USP https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0008-7954

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbseg_estendido.2021.17357

Abstract

A security application that enhances communication privacy must have a performance that ensures its usability without compromising the reservation of scarce resources, especially on mobile devices. Among such security applications, those such as hashify stand out, which manipulate or generate animations from cryptographic hashes. This paper presents the performance analysis of hashify, measuring the time taken to draw animations and evaluating memory and network consumption. Preliminary results obtained from an Android device showed that the images generated by the software are drawn, on average, in 22.6ms, a relatively low time showing that hashify can be integrated into mobile applications.

Keywords: Security, Cryptographic Hashes, Visual Hashes, Performance

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