Re: SHA-3 in libc

["Kamil Rytarowski" <n54%gmx.com@localhost>]

Christos Zoulas wrote:
> In article <20141212204130.CA2AD604EC%jupiter.mumble.net@localhost>,
> Taylor R Campbell  <campbell+netbsd-tech-userlevel%mumble.net@localhost> wrote:
> >-=-=-=-=-=-
> >
> >The attached patch implements SHA3_224/256/384/512_Init/Update/Final
> >following the similar sha2, sha1, md5, &c., APIs in libc.
> >
> >I propose to include these in libc and pull them up to netbsd-7,
> >before the NIST SHA-3 draft is finalized, so that the symbols will be
> >available in NetBSD 7's libc for applications to use later on without
> >the trouble of adding symbols to libc in, e.g., NetBSD 7.1 once the
> >draft is finalized.
> >
> >The man page will include a stern warning that the standard is a draft
> >and may change, which we can remove when it is finalized.  If it does
> >change before finalization, we can always pull up the change.  But I
> >think it is unlikely to change at this point.
> >
> >Comments?
> 
> What would be the plan if the standard changes, and the functions are
> made to compute different output? How are we going to recognize good
> vs. broken versions of the functions.
> 
> christos
> 
> 


Hello,

Thank you Taylor for your great work! I personally dislike the idea
of inclusion SHA-3 to stable. Please keep it in current, and in case
of changes upgrade without need for netbsd-7 errata and desynced checksums
between stable releases...

Regards,