Re: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: sm3 - add a new alias name sm3-256

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 2/10/2020 12:01 PM, Van Leeuwen, Pascal wrote:
Well, the current specification surely doesn't define anything else and is
already over a decade old. So what would be the odds that they add a
different blocksize variant_now_  AND still call that SM3-something?

I just got a note from a cryptographer who said there were discussions last year about a future SM3 with 512 bit output.

Given that, why not plan ahead and use sm3-256?  Is there any downside?
Is the cost any more than 4 bytes in some source code?



[Index of Archives]     [Kernel]     [Gnu Classpath]     [Gnu Crypto]     [DM Crypt]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]

  Powered by Linux