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Crypto++: a C++ Class Library of Cryptographic Schemes
-Version 5.5 (in development)
+Version 5.5 5/5/2007
This library includes:
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- updated Whirlpool to version 3.0
- ported to GCC 4.1, Sun C++ 5.8, and Borland C++Builder 2006
-5.5 - added VMAC, Sosemanuk
- - improved speed of AES and Whirlpool
- using MMX instructions
- - improved speed of modular multiplication, SHA-512, Tiger, Salsa20,
- and PANAMA cipher using SSE2 instructions
+5.5 - added VMAC and Sosemanuk (with x86-64 and SSE2 assembly)
+ - improved speed of integer arithmetic, AES, SHA-512, Tiger, Salsa20,
+ Whirlpool, and PANAMA cipher using assembly (x86-64, MMX, SSE2)
- optimized Camellia and added defense against timing attacks
- - updated benchmarks code to show cycles per byte and to time key setup
+ - updated benchmarks code to show cycles per byte and to time key/IV setup
- started using OpenMP for increased multi-core speed
- - enabled optimization flags by default in GNUmakefile
- - changed PANAMA cipher interface to accept 256-bit key and 256-bit IV
- - added blinding and error checking for RW private key operation
+ - enabled GCC optimization flags by default in GNUmakefile
+ - added blinding and computational error checking for RW signing
+ - changed RandomPool, X917RNG, GetNextIV, DSA/NR/ECDSA/ECNR to reduce
+ the risk of reusing random numbers and IVs after virtual machine state
+ rollback
+ - changed default FIPS mode RNG from AutoSeededX917RNG<DES_EDE3> to
+ AutoSeededX917RNG<AES>
+ - fixed PANAMA cipher interface to accept 256-bit key and 256-bit IV
- moved MD2, MD4, MD5, PanamaHash, ARC4, WAKE_CFB into the namespace "Weak"
- removed HAVAL, MD5-MAC, XMAC