Hi Niels,

Any update on this patch? I think we have reached the merging stage of this
patch if there are no further queries.

regards,
Mamone

On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 2:48 AM Maamoun TK <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 11:59 PM Maamoun TK <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I've added a new comment that wipes hash subkey from stack once GHASH
>> operation completed as it's a good practice to do so
>>
>
> *commit
>
> I'm thinking it's also worth it to wipe the authentication tag and the
> leftover bytes of input data from the stack. Leaving out the output
> authentication tag in the stack is never a good idea and in case of
> processing AAD the input data is left in the clear so leaving leftover
> bytes in the stack may reveal potential secret data. I've pushed another
> commit to wipe the whole parameter block content (authentication tag and
> hash subkey) and the leftover bytes of input data.
>
> regards,
> Mamone
>
>
>> On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 4:43 PM Maamoun TK <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've replied to your comments in the MR.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Mamone
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 10:10 PM Niels Möller <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maamoun TK <[email protected]> writes:
>>>>
>>>> > I made a merge request !26
>>>> > <https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/merge_requests/26> that
>>>> > optimizes the GHASH algorithm for S390x architecture.
>>>>
>>>> Nice! I've added a few comments in the mr.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> /Niels
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
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