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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 16:06:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>
To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
cc: Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>, Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, 
    kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
    Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, 
    Jean-Philippe Aumasson <jeanphilippe.aumasson@...il.com>, 
    "Daniel J . Bernstein" <djb@...yp.to>, 
    Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, 
    Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>, David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] siphash: add cryptographically secure hashtable
 function

On Thu, 15 Dec 2016, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > I'd still drop the "24" unless you really think we're going to have
> > multiple variants coming into the kernel.
> 
> Okay. I don't have a problem with this, unless anybody has some reason
> to the contrary.

What if the 2/4-round version falls and we need more rounds to withstand 
future cryptoanalysis? We'd then have siphash_ and siphash48_ functions, 
no? My amateurish bike-shedding argument would be "let's keep the 24 then" :-)

C.
-- 
BOFH excuse #354:

Chewing gum on /dev/sd3c

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