Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:47:38 +0100 | From | ray <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] crypto: Add Skein hash algorithm variants |
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David Wagner wrote: > 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. > > The final date is by the end of 2012. It's still some time until then. http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/hash/timeline.html
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