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The standard PRF security goal allow the attacker access to the output of SipHash on messages chosen adaptively by the attacker.
Security is limited by the key size (128 bits).
-Attackers searching 2<sup>s</sup> keys have chance 2<sup>sāˆ’128</sup> of finding
+Attackers searching 2<sup>*s*</sup> keys have chance 2<sup>*s*āˆ’128</sup> of finding
the SipHash key.
Security is also limited by the output size. In particular, when
-SipHash is used as a MAC, an attacker who blindly tries 2<sup>s</sup> tags will
-succeed with probability 2<sup>s-t</sup>, if t is that tag's bit size.
+SipHash is used as a MAC, an attacker who blindly tries 2<sup>*s*</sup> tags will
+succeed with probability 2<sup>*s*-*t*</sup>, if *t* is that tag's bit size.
## Research