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Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:47:38 +0100
From: ray <ray@arkibott.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: Add Skein hash algorithm variants
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David Wagner wrote:
> Jeff Garzik  wrote:
>   
>> This is the first draft of the Skein hash algorithm that was recently
>> mentioned, as a prominent submission to NIST's SHA-3 competition.
>>     
>
> Adding Skein to the kernel makes no sense, from a cryptographic point of
> view, at this point in time.  The appropriate point would be after it
> has been analyzed and vetted by crypto experts over a period of time.
> I suspect even the designers of Skein would advise you not to use the
> algorithm until other cryptographers have had a chance to examine it and
> it has been subjected to cryptanalysis over a period of time.  The same
> goes for all new submissions to the NIST competition.
>
>   
The final date is by the end of 2012. It's still some time until then.
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/hash/timeline.html


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