phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] Argon2 improvement thread

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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 14:25:06 -0700
From: Bill Cox <waywardgeek@...il.com>
To: "discussions@...sword-hashing.net" <discussions@...sword-hashing.net>
Cc: Dmitry Khovratovich <khovratovich@...il.com>, Alex Biryukov - UNI <alex.biryukov@....lu>, 
	Agnieszka Bielec <bielecagnieszka8@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PHC] Argon2 improvement thread

I implemented a new Boolean flag in TwoCats as a test, called
sideChannelResistant.  If set, the entire memory hashing run is
cache-timing resistant.  If false, it runs in it's hybrid mode.

While TwoCats is both more feature rich and more complex than Argon2, the
number of lines of code in Argon2 is quite a bit higher.  I think this
shows the kind of reduction in code we will see if we implement a flag like
this for Argon2.  I do not believe there is any good reason to have the
purely password-dependent version if the hybrid version is available.  The
hybrid case, if supported, is always preferred, SFAIK.

This includes all the source used to generate test vectors, without any
Blake2 code:

waywardgeek@...wardgeek-glaptop:~/projects/Argon2$ wc -l `< files`
  228 ./Argon2i/ref/genkat.cpp
  377 ./Argon2i/ref/argon2i-ref.cpp
  236 ./Argon2i/opt-sse/genkat.cpp
  537 ./Argon2i/opt-sse/argon2i-opt-sse.cpp
  228 ./Argon2d/ref/genkat.cpp
  347 ./Argon2d/ref/argon2d-ref.cpp
  236 ./Argon2d/opt-sse/genkat.cpp
  512 ./Argon2d/opt-sse/argon2d-opt-sse.cpp
   67 ./Argon2i/ref/argon2i.h
   59 ./Argon2i/opt-sse/argon2i.h
   47 ./Argon2d/ref/argon2d.h
   56 ./Argon2d/opt-sse/argon2d.h
 2930 total

waywardgeek@...wardgeek-glaptop:~/projects/twocats/src$ wc -l *.[ch]
   32 twocats-blake2b.c
   32 twocats-blake2s.c
  428 twocats-common.c
  186 twocats.h
   98 twocats-internal.h
  585 twocats-opt.c
  231 twocats-ref.c
   26 twocats-sha256.c
   26 twocats-sha512.c
  171 twocats-test.c
 1815 total

Bill

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