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> 25 juni 2018 kl. 22:17 skrev Rob Austein <s...@hactrn.net>: > >> On Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:55:27 -0400, Joachim wrote: >> >> I think Rob, Russ etc need to respond regarding suggestions of >> changing wrapping methods than RFC 3394/RFC 5649 used today. >> I’m just trying to improve the performance of the method used >> today. Quite a lot. > > Well, with the understanding that I have no special authority (insert > anarcho-syndicalist commune scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail): > > * The core team picked the current algorithm some time ago via an > IETF-like rough consensus process, and most (all?) of the arguments > against the algorithm we picked were discussed at that time; > > * As far as I can tell, the only thing that's changed since we made > that decision is that we now have data showing that our current > implementation of the wrapping algorithm we picked has performance > issues when combined with our current hideously slow FMC bus > transfer speed; > > * We're already working on the FMC bus speed problem in any case; and > > * We've said all along that we want a Verilog implementation of > whatever key wrapping algorithm we use in any case. > > To me, this does not constitute a strong case for reopening the > original algorithm decision, at least not yet. That could change if > we fail to solve the performance problem via the approaches we're > already investigating, but we're not at that point and may never be. Good analysis. > > YMMV. > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@cryptech.is > https://lists.cryptech.is/listinfo/tech _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@cryptech.is https://lists.cryptech.is/listinfo/tech
