From: daw@cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: Add Skein hash algorithm variants
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 00:33:45 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <gelgt9$7fk$1@taverner.cs.berkeley.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081102161506.GA21940@havoc.gtf.org>
Jeff Garzik wrote:
>This is the first draft of the Skein hash algorithm that was recently
>mentioned, as a prominent submission to NIST's SHA-3 competition.
Adding Skein to the kernel makes no sense, from a cryptographic point of
view, at this point in time. The appropriate point would be after it
has been analyzed and vetted by crypto experts over a period of time.
I suspect even the designers of Skein would advise you not to use the
algorithm until other cryptographers have had a chance to examine it and
it has been subjected to cryptanalysis over a period of time. The same
goes for all new submissions to the NIST competition.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-03 0:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-02 16:15 Jeff Garzik
2008-11-02 20:15 ` [PATCH] crypto: add test vectors for skein256/512/1024 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2008-11-03 1:36 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-11-03 1:44 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-11-03 8:38 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2008-11-05 21:27 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2008-11-03 0:33 ` David Wagner [this message]
2008-11-04 16:47 ` [PATCH] crypto: Add Skein hash algorithm variants ray
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