From 573f8f100c95a544c728ce55e15eb4760801e20c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Nilsson <nilsson@opera.com> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 16:57:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Some notes about performance changes and addition of GCM. --- CHANGES | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES index f01a44ff6d..468ffa1145 100644 --- a/CHANGES +++ b/CHANGES @@ -835,6 +835,12 @@ o Standards.PEM o Nettle refactored + CBC cipher mode is now twice as fast. + +o Crypto.GCM + + GCM (Galois Counter Mode) cipher mode added. + o AES support added to the SSL module This adds support for the following cipher suites: @@ -890,7 +896,8 @@ o Crypto.GOST94 and RIPEMD160 o Crypto.RSA and Crypto.DSA The key generation for RSA and DSA are now done by Nettle. This - results in faster key generation for RSA and stronger keys for DSA. + results in 90% faster key generation for RSA. Key generation for DSA + is 10 times slower, but produces better quality keys. o Crypto.Hash -- GitLab