[Cryptography Team] ECC and/or NSA Suite B?

[Ron Teitelbaum]

I already wrote the smalltalk version of SHA256, which works great but is
slow.  We need the slang code now.

Ron

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cryptography-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of
> Matthew S. Hamrick
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 3:28 PM
> To: Cryptography Team Development List
> Subject: Re: [Cryptography Team] ECC and/or NSA Suite B?
> 
> I have a SHA256 implementation kicking around somewhere. It's
> licensed under a BSD license, so it's unlikely to be useful for this
> project. But... feel free to look at it.
> 
> http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/3253
> 
> On Nov 24, 2006, at 12:09 PM, Krishna Sankar wrote:
> 
> > You wrote :
> >>
> >> 1) I love crypto, and building an ECC implementation would
> >> teach me a great deal about it;
> >>
> >> 2) It gives me a reason to learn Smalltalk, something I've
> >> toyed with a dozen times in the past but never made progress
> >> at because I had nothing concrete to work on; and
> >>
> >> 3) It would just be fun.  I'm weird that way.
> >>
> >> But the last thing I want to do is run afoul of Certicom (or
> >> cause others to run afoul of them).
> >>
> >> So, advice?  Should I press ahead?
> > <KS>
> > 	Same reason for me to get involved as well ! Interest in crypto as
> > well as a good reason to work on Smalltalk.
> >
> > 	Just as a POV, it is Ok to develop ECC. It gives us a leg up for our
> > cryptography portfolio. Naturally we would need to figure out the
> > legal
> > issues before making it part of the system; but we would need to do
> > that
> > anyway. So your efforts (if you choose to do so ;o)) will not be
> > wasted.
> >
> > 	I have been looking at the SHA code towards developing the SHA512
> > and would welcome you help. We can learn collaboratively ! I was
> > waiting for
> > the holidays to be over before starting in earnest.
> > </KS>
> >
> > Cheers & happy holidays (Just came back from a grueling Black Friday
> > shopping (er .. carrying bags for the better half ...)
> > <k/>
> >
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