GNU bug report logs - #65826
[PATCH] Add nonce support for gnutls-hash-mac

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: SK Kim <tttuuu888 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 16:00:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

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Message #11 received at 65826 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Seungki Kim <tttuuu888 <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 65826 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65826: [PATCH] Add nonce support for gnutls-hash-mac
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2023 01:33:30 +0900
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Thank you for your good suggestion.

It seems like test/lisp/net/gnutls-tests.el would be the right place to add
unit tests for my patch.(Please let me know if it is not)
I will update the patch adding unit tests on this thread as soon as it is
ready.

Thanks.

2023년 9월 9일 (토) 오전 1:18, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>님이 작성:

> SK Kim <tttuuu888 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> > As far as I understood, currently `gnutls-hash-mac' does not support
> nonce
> > input, so there is no way to properly hash with some MAC algorithms which
> > require nonce. (e.g AES-GMAC-128)
> > So I suggest adding an optional argument NONCE to `gnutls-hash-mac' to
> > support MAC algorithms with nonce.
> >
> > What I have tested after applying the attached patch are as below.
> > 1. AES-GMC-128/192/256 works correctly.
> > 2. NONCE does not affect SHA256/SHA512 hash results, even if presented.
> >
> > Since NONCE is added as an optional argument, I believe it will not even
> > affect existing code using the 'gnutls-hash-mac' function.
>
> Sounds useful.  Could you add unit tests for this, though?  In
> particular, it would be good to test your number 1 and 2 above.
>
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