Re: [Nbd] Easier use, authentication
- To: Wouter Verhelst <w@...112...>
- Cc: nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net
- Subject: Re: [Nbd] Easier use, authentication
- From: Folkert van Heusden <folkert.van.heusden@...17...>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:20:10 +0200
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> The code in the 'auth' branch uses a pure-C implementation of the SHA-2
> series of algorithms; I believe the actual hash used is SHA-512, but I
> could be mistaken. But if we're going to do authentication only, and not
> encryption, then hash speed isn't very important (we'll only do one hash
> at the beginning of the connection)
In any case: please don't use a custom algorithm, use a wide-known
which is suppported by a wide range of development environments.
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