On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 06:39:35PM +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote: > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:32:34 +0000 > From: David Holland <dholland-sourcechan...@netbsd.org> > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 06:03:28PM +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote: > > It means that the time it takes does not vary depending on the data at > > s1 and s2. Here `constant' does not mean `bounded by a constant' but > > rather `not variable', i.e. `does not leak information about s1 and s2 > > through a timing side channel'. > > Can we call it "fixedtime" instead then? > > `Constant-time' is the term you'll find in crypto literature, I'm > afraid.[*] > > [*] Usually with a footnote or parenthesis explaining its deviation > from all the other literature.
Blah. So be it, I guess. Can we have a footnote or parenthesis in the .h file and the .c file (as well as the man page)? -- David A. Holland dholl...@netbsd.org