Messages in this thread | | | From | (David Wagner) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] crypto: Add Skein hash algorithm variants | Date | Mon, 3 Nov 2008 00:33:45 +0000 (UTC) |
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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.
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