Re: [PATCH] crypto: add test vectors for skein256/512/1024

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Sun Nov 02 2008 - 20:44:57 EST


Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
I grabed them from http://www.schneier.com/skein.html. The last test vector
(3) in every category is currently deactivated because it failed always.
It is unlikely that I made a type because I copy+pasted the tables + vim
magiced them. So maybe code may missbehave on requests lengths which are
not a multiple of 4 or the vectors can not be used due to some other
limitations that I've overseen.

Another thought: did you verify that the test vectors' output sizes matched the Linux kernel's?

My implementation assumed a 256-bit output size for Skein-256, for example, but it is quite possible that Schneier and co. ran tests where the output size differed from the internal state size.

Jeff


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