Thanks, I'll get it updated in the 5.4 release. (5.3 is currently undergoing
FIPS testing.)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 8:31 AM
Subject: Whirlpool Code is Outdated
I have been writing code to read/write from TrueCrypt containers using
LTC and Crypto++ as the encryption library. I ran into a problem with
Crypto++, though, when using the whirlpool hash function. According to
the latest Crypto++ source code, whirlpool version 2.1 (2001.09.01) is
being used. The newest version of whirlpool is 3.0 (2003.03.12) and
this is what is in use by TrueCrypt and LTC. Is there a particular
reason that an older version is still used in Crypto++?
Wikipedia info on whirlpool which discusses the three different versions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHIRLPOOL
And info from one of the authors:
http://paginas.terra.com.br/informatica/paulobarreto/WhirlpoolPage.html
And the latest code from one of the authors:
http://planeta.terra.com.br/informatica/paulobarreto/whirlpool.zip
I have actually converted the new v3.0 code for use with Crypto++ and
could post it if needed, but I'm guessing that Wei Dai would probably do
a better job of it.
