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<h1> Nettle release plans </h1>
<p> This is an attempt at defining a development target for
- Nettle-3.3, inspired by similar pages for recent GMP releases.
- [Last updated 2016-09-19]</p>
+ Nettle-3.4, inspired by similar pages for recent GMP releases.
+ [Last updated 2017-09-25]</p>
<p class='should'>
This really ought to be done before release
</p>
<h1> Plans for nettle-3.3 </h1>
+ <h2> Bug fixes </h2>
+ <p class='should'> Fix issues with sizes of objects like the
+ nettle_hashes array and the ecc_curve structs accidentally leaking
+ into the ABI. Fix by another level of indirection, with a function
+ call to return the start address.
+ </p>
+
<h2> New features </h2>
<p class='postponed'>
Add larger "safe" curves, e.g., M-383, curve41417, curve448 and
- E-521.
+ E-521. (curve448 in progress, on its own branch).
</p>
+
<p class='postponed'>
Add functions for converting ECC points to and from ANSI x9.62.
</p>
- <p class='done'>
- Use side-channel silent mpz_powm_sec for RSA and DSA.
+
+ <p class='postponed'>
+ Support for the Skein hash function.
</p>
- <p class='done'>
- Side-channel silent memeql_sec.
+
+ <p class='postponed'>
+ Support for more GOST standard algorithms.
+ </p>
+
+ <p class='wish'>
+ Support for CFB mode (patch by Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov posted on
+ the list).
</p>
<h2> Optimizations </h2>
</p>
<h2> Miscellaneous </h2>
- <p class='done'> Use GMP-5 functions unconditionally. </p>
<p class='postponed'>
Use more functions from GMP-6 and later, when available:
mpn_sec_add_1, mpn_sec_tabselect, mpn_sec_invert, mpn_cnd_swap,
...
</p>
- <h2> Documentation </h2>
- <p class='done'>
- Document memeql_sec.
+ <p class='should'> Change base16 and base64 interfaces to use char
+ for encoded data, and fix remaining pointer-signedness warnings.
</p>
+ <h2> Documentation </h2>
+
+
<h2> Build system </h2>
- <p class='postponed'>
- Update AX_CREATE_STDINT_H to the latest version.
+ <p class='should'>
+ Delete AX_CREATE_STDINT_H, use stdint.h unconditionally.
</p>
<h2> Testing </h2>
<p> Since xenofarm isn't up and running, do some manual testing:
</p>
<ul>
- <li class='done'> x86_64-linux-gnu</li>
- <li class='done'> x86-linux-gnu</li>
- <li class='done'> x86_64-freebsd</li>
- <li class='done'> x86-w*ndows (using cross compiler and wine)</li>
- <li class='done'> x86_64-w*ndows (using cross compiler and wine)</li>
+ <li class='should'> x86_64-linux-gnu</li>
+ <li class='should'> x86-linux-gnu</li>
+ <li class='should'> x86_64-freebsd</li>
+ <li class='should'> x86-w*ndows (using cross compiler and wine)</li>
+ <li class='should'> x86_64-w*ndows (using cross compiler and wine)</li>
<li class='should'> x86-darwin (needs help from Nettle users)</li>
<li class='should'> x86_64-darwin (needs help from Nettle users)</li>
<li class='should'> armv5-linux-gnu (qemu)</li>
- <li class='done'> armv7-linux-gnu (qemu)</li>
+ <li class='should'> armv7-linux-gnu (qemu)</li>
<li class='should'> armv8-linux-gnu (qemu)</li>
<li class='should'> ppc64-linux-gnu (qemu)</li>
<li class='should'> ppc32-linux-gnu (qemu)</li>
- <li class='done'> mips64-linux-gnu (qemu)</li>
+ <li class='should'> mips64-linux-gnu (qemu)</li>
<li class='should'> mips32-linux-gnu (qemu)</li>
- <li class='done'> m68k-linux-gnu (aranym)</li>
+ <li class='should'> m68k-linux-gnu (aranym)</li>
<li class='wish'> armv7-android </li>
</ul>
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