phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] Endian Issue in Catfish

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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 13:13:49 -0400
From: Bo Zhu <bo.zhu@...terloo.ca>
To: discussions@...sword-hashing.net
Cc: Xinxin Fan <x5fan@...terloo.ca>, Raullen Chai <raullenchai@...gle.com>,
        Guang Gong <ggong@...terloo.ca>
Subject: Re: [PHC] Endian Issue in Catfish

Hi Steve,

Thanks for your interest in our design and especially the source code.

The pkhash_slow() was modified from one piece of old code, and it was using
big endian.
I was in a hurry to complete the C ref code to be submitted to the
competition.
That's the reason why it seems a little weird.

We chose little endian to be compatible with Keccak and other minor issues.
It is perfectly fine if you can implement the pkhash in little endian.

Best,
Bo

On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Steve Thomas <steve@...tu.com> wrote:

>   I think there is an issue with endian in Catfish. E verywhere in
> catfish() it is little
>  endian until it gets  passed into pkhash_slow() then it thinks it's big
> endian and
>  "in" is  "reverse for little-endian". Then is used as little endian.
> Although this
>  doesn't really matter since the input  is  from keccak. It just seems
> weird.
>

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