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List:       nettle-bugs
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Update reference to the Yarrow paper.
From:       Niels_Möller <nisse () lysator ! liu ! se>
Date:       2023-04-03 5:34:15
Message-ID: cpfa5zpa5rc.fsf () shipon ! lysator ! liu ! se
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justus@sequoia-pgp.org writes:

> --- a/nettle.texinfo
> +++ b/nettle.texinfo
> @@ -5986,7 +5986,7 @@ The recommended generator to use is Yarrow, described below.
>  Yarrow is a family of pseudo-randomness generators, designed for
>  cryptographic use, by John Kelsey, Bruce Schneier and Niels Ferguson.
>  Yarrow-160 is described in a paper at
> -@url{https://www.counterpane.com/yarrow.html}, and it uses @acronym{SHA1}
> +@url{https://www.schneier.com/academic/yarrow/}, and it uses @acronym{SHA1}
>  and triple-DES, and has a 160-bit internal state. Nettle implements
>  Yarrow-256, which is similar, but uses @acronym{SHA256} and
>  @acronym{AES} to get an internal state of 256 bits.

Thanks, applied.

Regards,
/Niels

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