Simon Josefsson <[email protected]> writes:
> I don't like it -- as far as I recall, DJB calls the ciphers Salsa20 and
> ChaCha respectively. When round-specific counts are introduced, the
> naming is Salsa20/R and ChaChaR respectively.
That's my understanding too.
> I don't think it is good to move away from the "upstream" naming
> scheme for a cipher, even if the naming scheme isn't consistent
> between ciphers.
I think I agree.
> Alternatively, 'salsa20_128_set_key'. I think I prefer
> one of these variants the most.
I think it will be
void
salsa20_128_set_key(struct salsa20_ctx *ctx, const uint8_t *key);
void
salsa20_256_set_key(struct salsa20_ctx *ctx, const uint8_t *key);
void
salsa20_set_key(struct salsa20_ctx *ctx,
size_t length, const uint8_t *key);
then.
Regards,
/Niels
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