The cr.yp.to microblog: 2013.07.27 10:06:51

2013.07.27 10:06:51 (361034939090747393) from Daniel J. Bernstein, replying to "Tom 'spot' Callaway (@spotfoss)" (360808743966998531):

@spotrh We would rather have too much data than too little!

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2013.07.26 15:24:34 (360752503819735041) from Daniel J. Bernstein, replying to "Tom 'spot' Callaway (@spotfoss)" (357885253098024961):

@spotrh We run crypto benchmarks on as wide a range of equipment as we can: http://bench.cr.yp.to

2013.07.26 16:51:41 (360774427442544640) from "Tom 'spot' Callaway (@spotfoss)":

@hashbreaker I think you can just mark those old systems as "slow" and move on. :-)

2013.07.26 18:44:44 (360802878690041859) from Daniel J. Bernstein, replying to "Tom 'spot' Callaway (@spotfoss)" (360774427442544640):

@spotrh Here's the problem: 2013 paper reports better speeds than 2003 paper. Does it really have a better algorithm, or just a better CPU?

2013.07.26 19:08:02 (360808743966998531) from "Tom 'spot' Callaway (@spotfoss)":

@hashbreaker Okay, but do systems from the early 1980s really help you there?