Re: [crypto][chimera] Next steps

2016-02-22 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Colin P. McCabe wrote: > What is the strategy for handling JNI components? Wrong question, IMO. Should better be: What are the reasons for using JNI components? Couldn't they be replaced? If so, that would very much enhance the long term prospects of crypto|chime

Re: [crypto][chimera] Next steps

2016-02-23 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 12:14 AM, Colin P. McCabe wrote: > Many CPUs come with built-in support for certain cryptographic and/or > hash/checksum-related primitives. For example, modern x86 CPUs have > CRC32C implemented in hardware. Currently, this must be accessed via > inline assembly express