From: mdw <mdw>
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 15:48:58 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update comments now that AES has been chosen.
X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/catacomb/commitdiff_plain/fbac94e6d8347650fbc9fd0b9e6062f582ddffcd

Update comments now that AES has been chosen.
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diff --git a/rijndael.h b/rijndael.h
index 155f7a6..88463b7 100644
--- a/rijndael.h
+++ b/rijndael.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*-c-*-
  *
- * $Id: rijndael.h,v 1.1 2000/06/17 11:56:07 mdw Exp $
+ * $Id: rijndael.h,v 1.2 2000/10/08 15:48:58 mdw Exp $
  *
  * The Rijndael block cipher
  *
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------* 
  *
  * $Log: rijndael.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.2  2000/10/08 15:48:58  mdw
+ * Update comments now that AES has been chosen.
+ *
  * Revision 1.1  2000/06/17 11:56:07  mdw
  * New cipher.
  *
@@ -37,10 +40,11 @@
 
 /*----- Notes on the Rijndael block cipher --------------------------------*
  *
- * Invented by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, Rijndael is a fast and
- * relatively simple 128-bit block cipher proposed by the designers as an AES
- * candidate.  At the time of writing, the AES winner hasn't been decided.
- * Rijnadel is fast, but has a low security margin.  I recommend waiting
+ * Invented by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, Rijndael is a fast, elegant
+ * and relatively simple 128-bit block cipher.  It was chosen by NIST to be
+ * the new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm.
+ *
+ * Rijnadel appears to have a low security margin.  I recommend waiting
  * before using Rijndael for any sensitive applications.
  */
 
diff --git a/serpent.h b/serpent.h
index 6f1458a..0e6ce1c 100644
--- a/serpent.h
+++ b/serpent.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*-c-*-
  *
- * $Id: serpent.h,v 1.1 2000/06/17 12:08:43 mdw Exp $
+ * $Id: serpent.h,v 1.2 2000/10/08 15:48:58 mdw Exp $
  *
  * The Serpent block cipher
  *
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------* 
  *
  * $Log: serpent.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.2  2000/10/08 15:48:58  mdw
+ * Update comments now that AES has been chosen.
+ *
  * Revision 1.1  2000/06/17 12:08:43  mdw
  * New cipher.
  *
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@
 
 /*----- Notes on the Serpent block cipher ---------------------------------*
  *
- * Serpent was designed  and proposed for the AES contest by Ross Anderson,
+ * Serpent was designed and proposed for the AES contest by Ross Anderson,
  * Eli Biham and Lars Knudsen.  It's not particularly quick, but is
  * stunningly secure.  The best differential and linear attacks are
  * speculated to require %$2^{256}$% texts (it's a 128-bit block cipher).
diff --git a/twofish.h b/twofish.h
index c941bc5..ef666d1 100644
--- a/twofish.h
+++ b/twofish.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*-c-*-
  *
- * $Id: twofish.h,v 1.1 2000/06/17 12:10:17 mdw Exp $
+ * $Id: twofish.h,v 1.2 2000/10/08 15:48:58 mdw Exp $
  *
  * The Twofish block cipher
  *
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------* 
  *
  * $Log: twofish.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.2  2000/10/08 15:48:58  mdw
+ * Update comments now that AES has been chosen.
+ *
  * Revision 1.1  2000/06/17 12:10:17  mdw
  * New cipher.
  *
@@ -39,8 +42,7 @@
  *
  * Twofish was designed by Bruce Schneier, John Kelsey, Doug Whiting, David
  * Wagner, Chris Hall and Niels Ferguson.  The algorithm is unpatented and
- * free for anyone to use.  It is one of the five AES finalist algorithms.
- * At the time of writing, the AES competition is still underway.
+ * free for anyone to use.  It was one of the five AES finalist algorithms.
  *
  * Twofish is a complex cipher offering various space and time tradeoffs.
  * This implementation has a heavy key schedule and fast bulk encryption.