Re: [PATCH v5 1/4] siphash: add cryptographically secure PRF

[Jean-Philippe Aumasson <jeanphilippe.aumasson@gmail.com>]

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Yeah you can use the PRF properties to build a DRBG, but that may not be
optimal in terms of performance.
On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 at 18:08, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > It may be prudent to include the endian reversal in the test to ensure
> > big endian machines produce expected results. Some closely related
> > testing on an old Apple PowerMac G5 revealed that result needed to be
> > reversed before returning it to a caller.
>
> The function [1] returns a u64. Originally I had it returning a
> __le64, but that was considered unnecessary by many prior reviewers on
> the list. It returns an integer. If you want uniform bytes out of it,
> then use the endian conversion function, the same as you would do with
> any other type of integer.
>
> Additionally, this function is *not* meant for af_alg or any of the
> crypto/* code. It's very unlikely to find a use there.
>
>
> > Forgive my ignorance... I did not find reading on using the primitive
> > in a PRNG. Does anyone know what Aumasson or Bernstein have to say?
> > Aumasson's site does not seem to discuss the use case:
>
> He's on this thread so I suppose he can speak up for himself. But in
> my conversations with him, the primary take-away was, "seems okay to
> me!". But please -- JP - correct me if I've misinterpreted.
>

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