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performance: improving SHA1 using intel SS3 instructions

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Arnold Robbins <arnold <at> skeeve.com>
Cc: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: improving SHA1 using intel SS3 instructions
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:49:44 +0200

Robbins, Aharon wrote:
> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/improving-the-performance-of-the-secure-hash-algorithm-1/?cid=sw:dslnews5149

Thanks for the link.
Improving the performance of coreutils' SHA* programs has been
discussed off and on for some time.  Notably, openssl's equivalents
outperform those in coreutils, but portability counts, too,
which means integrating an assembly-based solution takes time.

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