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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:06:47 +0200
From: magnum <john.magnum@...hmail.com>
To: john-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: mschap-v2 conversion
On 2012-06-26 09:16, deepika dutta wrote:
> 1) I want to know the meaning of Thread_ratio and how the values of
> Thread_ratio and Max_keys_per_crypt are being decided? Is it fixed by
> you or is being decided based on some factor?
>
> #define MIN_KEYS_PER_CRYPT 1
> #define THREAD_RATIO 256
> #ifdef _OPENMP
> #define MAX_KEYS_PER_CRYPT 0x10000
> #else
> #define MAX_KEYS_PER_CRYPT THREAD_RATIO
> #endif
I picked THREAD_RATIO from trial'n'error. For a very slow format it can
be lower, for faster formats it need to be higher.
> 2) Without openmp: With openssl des, Thread_ratio (256) keys were
> read and used for encryption at a time. But with bitsliced des at a
> time only DES_BS_DEPTH keys can be used, so whether I should change
> the MAX_KEYS_PER_CRYPT parameter to DES_BS_DEPTH (which I have done
> for now in my patches) or I should keep it to Thread_ratio but
> process des_bs_depth keys at one go?
In your case you should probably look at how this is implemented in
DES_fmt.c (but it's harder to follow).
> 3) With openmp: For openmp Max_keys_per_crypt is 16 according to
> #define value, also in init() n is set to MAX_keys_per_crypt if
> greater than that. According to my understanding, this means that16
> keys will be read and used at a time and thus bitslicing and openmp
> will not give any benefit as only 1 core will be in use with only 16
> out of DES_bs_DEPTH layers being used. Therefore, this parameter
> needs change. Correct me if i am wrong.
This code was written without bitslice in mind, I guess you need to
replace some of it. I think you might already have some good #defines
from DES_bs.h that you can use but I don't really know that code. Solar
may respond much better when he gets some more time.
magnum
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