RE: test vectors for HMAC-SHA-1 - Test Data and Bad News

Edward Russell <erussell@ftp.com> Thu, 06 February 1997 20:44 UTC

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From: Edward Russell <erussell@ftp.com>
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Subject: RE: test vectors for HMAC-SHA-1 - Test Data and Bad News
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>In message <01BC1429.F844BBC0@localhost>, Edward Russell writes:
>
> <Reversed SHA Bytes discussion deleted...>
>
>We'll try to establish if the same is true at the end of a Diffie Hellman exchange,
>but that will be a little trickier.
>

It would appear the Diffie Hellman discrepancy between Cylink and Bsafe is
not just a simple reversal.  The cryptographers will have to tackle that one.