On 06/20/2014 08:50 AM, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos wrote:

>  What do you think of having OCB mode in nettle? I particularly like
> OCB due to it's simplicity and performance comparing to GCM/CCM, 

I'd love to see OCB made available in nettle for these exact reasons.

> What do you think? Should the FSF be consulted on that?

> [0]. http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/ocb/license.htm

It seems reasonable to ask the FSF about it for a bigger-picture
analysis, but it looks clear to me that nettle itself won't get into any
trouble with Rogaway's patents over OCB.

        --dkg

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