Hi, I was wondering if Serpent (128, 192, 256 key sizes) would ever be included in the suite of block ciphers in OpenSSL. I noticed that recently Camellia was added, so it looks like it might not be that far out of an idea.
My reasoning for supporting its inclusion is because I want to try my hand at writing a few projects written in C with openssl, and having Serpent available as a block cipher option. If it was in openssl already I wouldn't have to make an amateur attempt at grafting it in and screwing it up for anyone using it. I read a bit more about the cipher from "Cryptography Engineering", where Bruce Schneier (et al.) considered Serpent a clear winner if CPU speed was not critical, due to its emphasis on security. Seems like a good idea, at the very least! Thanks for taking the time to read this. -- smu johnson <smujohn...@gmail.com>
