Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:44:40 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] crypto: add test vectors for skein256/512/1024 |
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Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > I grabed them from http://www.schneier.com/skein.html. The last test vector > (3) in every category is currently deactivated because it failed always. > It is unlikely that I made a type because I copy+pasted the tables + vim > magiced them. So maybe code may missbehave on requests lengths which are > not a multiple of 4 or the vectors can not be used due to some other > limitations that I've overseen.
Another thought: did you verify that the test vectors' output sizes matched the Linux kernel's?
My implementation assumed a 256-bit output size for Skein-256, for example, but it is quite possible that Schneier and co. ran tests where the output size differed from the internal state size.
Jeff
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