On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:43 AM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> We also need to change the name of the algorithm. In FIPS 202, the name is
> "SHA3-224", "SHA3-256", etc. We are currently returning "SHA-3-224" and
> friends.
>

Probably not as crucial as the what they actually *do*, but yes it would be
nice to get the names aligned as well. ;)


> Yeah, I think the folks who depend on _current_ SHA3 behavior will be able
> to turn to our upcoming Keccak.
>

Excellent.


> As far as versions, I talked with David over at Bouncy Castle. They are
> providing Version 3 as updated for NIST's Round 3. I don't know what Jack
> Lloyd is doing at Botan, but I can ping him. I think it would be prudent if
> we aligned with BC and/or Botan.
>

I think we need to have all the three align - us, BouncyCastle, and Botan.
BouncyCastle is the de-facto standard in the Java world, and Botan is
increasingly growing in popularity (and quality) in the C/C++ and Python
world. So yes, if you could ping both Dave and Jack it would be great.
-- 
Regards,
Mouse

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