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Aloha!

Sorry for being less than involved in the discussions. I agree with
Simon on the naming scheme.

MVH
JoachiMS

Niels Möller wrote:
> 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
> 
> 


- -- 
Med vänlig hälsning, Yours

Joachim Strömbergson - Alltid i harmonisk svängning.
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