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  • P peterchen

    I was looking for a reliable SHA256 - C/C++ implementation, and good things were pointing to Crypto++. With the downside that I need only a single function, not a framework to run all kinds of hash functions in, it looked fine. Until I read that excerpt:

    Version 5.6.1 released
     - fixed several bugs in the SHA-256 x86/x64 assembly code:
        incorrect hash on non-SSE2 x86 machines on non-aligned input
        incorrect hash on x86 machines when input crosses 0x80000000

    Version 5.6.0 released
      - improved AES and SHA-256 speed on x86 and x64

    Well, ok, happens to the best of us I guess. But let me ad some boilerplate decoration:

    8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released
    3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released

    Wait, what? 8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released 3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released Are you elephanting kidding me? [edit] Generating potentially incorrect SHA's for over a year? Well, never mind, I'll write it on my own, can't be that hard.[/sarcasm]

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    PIEBALDconsult
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    Yeah, I don't see what you're on about either.

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    • C CPallini

      What is the problem? Do you fear the Ides of March?

      Veni, vidi, vici.

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      Xiangyang Liu
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      Maybe that's the day after his facebook account got hacked and all of his compromising photos stolen?

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      • P peterchen

        I was looking for a reliable SHA256 - C/C++ implementation, and good things were pointing to Crypto++. With the downside that I need only a single function, not a framework to run all kinds of hash functions in, it looked fine. Until I read that excerpt:

        Version 5.6.1 released
         - fixed several bugs in the SHA-256 x86/x64 assembly code:
            incorrect hash on non-SSE2 x86 machines on non-aligned input
            incorrect hash on x86 machines when input crosses 0x80000000

        Version 5.6.0 released
          - improved AES and SHA-256 speed on x86 and x64

        Well, ok, happens to the best of us I guess. But let me ad some boilerplate decoration:

        8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released
        3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released

        Wait, what? 8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released 3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released Are you elephanting kidding me? [edit] Generating potentially incorrect SHA's for over a year? Well, never mind, I'll write it on my own, can't be that hard.[/sarcasm]

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        Lost User
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        Apart from things happening in the 15th month, I see nothing odd there.

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        • P peterchen

          I was looking for a reliable SHA256 - C/C++ implementation, and good things were pointing to Crypto++. With the downside that I need only a single function, not a framework to run all kinds of hash functions in, it looked fine. Until I read that excerpt:

          Version 5.6.1 released
           - fixed several bugs in the SHA-256 x86/x64 assembly code:
              incorrect hash on non-SSE2 x86 machines on non-aligned input
              incorrect hash on x86 machines when input crosses 0x80000000

          Version 5.6.0 released
            - improved AES and SHA-256 speed on x86 and x64

          Well, ok, happens to the best of us I guess. But let me ad some boilerplate decoration:

          8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released
          3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released

          Wait, what? 8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released 3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released Are you elephanting kidding me? [edit] Generating potentially incorrect SHA's for over a year? Well, never mind, I'll write it on my own, can't be that hard.[/sarcasm]

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          Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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          How much does this "oft-updated" library cost? : )

          Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost

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          • L Lost User

            Apart from things happening in the 15th month, I see nothing odd there.

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            Wjousts
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            I think the point is that it took them well over a year to fix what seems like a pretty serious bug.

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            • P peterchen

              I was looking for a reliable SHA256 - C/C++ implementation, and good things were pointing to Crypto++. With the downside that I need only a single function, not a framework to run all kinds of hash functions in, it looked fine. Until I read that excerpt:

              Version 5.6.1 released
               - fixed several bugs in the SHA-256 x86/x64 assembly code:
                  incorrect hash on non-SSE2 x86 machines on non-aligned input
                  incorrect hash on x86 machines when input crosses 0x80000000

              Version 5.6.0 released
                - improved AES and SHA-256 speed on x86 and x64

              Well, ok, happens to the best of us I guess. But let me ad some boilerplate decoration:

              8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released
              3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released

              Wait, what? 8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released 3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released Are you elephanting kidding me? [edit] Generating potentially incorrect SHA's for over a year? Well, never mind, I'll write it on my own, can't be that hard.[/sarcasm]

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              Espen Harlinn
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              Why not use CryptCreateHash[^] with CALG_SHA256 ?

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              • W Wjousts

                I think the point is that it took them well over a year to fix what seems like a pretty serious bug.

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                Lost User
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                Pretty serious bug? The first one may be a little serious, secretly corrupting the result like that.. but it's not very hard to notice and easy to work around. Seriously though, both of those bugs fall into the category of "will never happen anyway".

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                • W Wjousts

                  I think the point is that it took them well over a year to fix what seems like a pretty serious bug.

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                  OriginalGriff
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                  Depends when they were made aware it existed. If all their testing was on SSE2 x86 or above machines, it could have been a year before they were even told there was a problem.

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                  • P peterchen

                    I was looking for a reliable SHA256 - C/C++ implementation, and good things were pointing to Crypto++. With the downside that I need only a single function, not a framework to run all kinds of hash functions in, it looked fine. Until I read that excerpt:

                    Version 5.6.1 released
                     - fixed several bugs in the SHA-256 x86/x64 assembly code:
                        incorrect hash on non-SSE2 x86 machines on non-aligned input
                        incorrect hash on x86 machines when input crosses 0x80000000

                    Version 5.6.0 released
                      - improved AES and SHA-256 speed on x86 and x64

                    Well, ok, happens to the best of us I guess. But let me ad some boilerplate decoration:

                    8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released
                    3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released

                    Wait, what? 8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released 3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released Are you elephanting kidding me? [edit] Generating potentially incorrect SHA's for over a year? Well, never mind, I'll write it on my own, can't be that hard.[/sarcasm]

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                    Single Step Debugger
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                    If I recall correctly SHA-hash is a simple set of XOR operations. Better implement it yourself. Xoring buffers in C/C++ is a no brainer.

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                    • C CPallini

                      What is the problem? Do you fear the Ides of March?

                      Veni, vidi, vici.

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                      peterchen
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                      Over 16 months of "generating invalid SHA's". Just imagining the dungstorm of a pool of wrong-SHA'd data accumulated over a year.

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                        If I recall correctly SHA-hash is a simple set of XOR operations. Better implement it yourself. Xoring buffers in C/C++ is a no brainer.

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                        Lost User
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                        It's slightly more complicated..

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                        • L Lost User

                          It's slightly more complicated..

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                          Single Step Debugger
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                          It could be, what I’ve done was SHA-1, probably SHA256 is more complicated.

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                          • P peterchen

                            I was looking for a reliable SHA256 - C/C++ implementation, and good things were pointing to Crypto++. With the downside that I need only a single function, not a framework to run all kinds of hash functions in, it looked fine. Until I read that excerpt:

                            Version 5.6.1 released
                             - fixed several bugs in the SHA-256 x86/x64 assembly code:
                                incorrect hash on non-SSE2 x86 machines on non-aligned input
                                incorrect hash on x86 machines when input crosses 0x80000000

                            Version 5.6.0 released
                              - improved AES and SHA-256 speed on x86 and x64

                            Well, ok, happens to the best of us I guess. But let me ad some boilerplate decoration:

                            8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released
                            3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released

                            Wait, what? 8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released 3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released Are you elephanting kidding me? [edit] Generating potentially incorrect SHA's for over a year? Well, never mind, I'll write it on my own, can't be that hard.[/sarcasm]

                            FILETIME to time_t
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                            unitrunker
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                            Why did you wait 14 months to tell them? :)

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                            • P peterchen

                              I was looking for a reliable SHA256 - C/C++ implementation, and good things were pointing to Crypto++. With the downside that I need only a single function, not a framework to run all kinds of hash functions in, it looked fine. Until I read that excerpt:

                              Version 5.6.1 released
                               - fixed several bugs in the SHA-256 x86/x64 assembly code:
                                  incorrect hash on non-SSE2 x86 machines on non-aligned input
                                  incorrect hash on x86 machines when input crosses 0x80000000

                              Version 5.6.0 released
                                - improved AES and SHA-256 speed on x86 and x64

                              Well, ok, happens to the best of us I guess. But let me ad some boilerplate decoration:

                              8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released
                              3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released

                              Wait, what? 8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released 3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released Are you elephanting kidding me? [edit] Generating potentially incorrect SHA's for over a year? Well, never mind, I'll write it on my own, can't be that hard.[/sarcasm]

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                              Chris Losinger
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                              peterchen wrote:

                              non-SSE2 x86

                              aka Pentium 3 or earlier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE2[^]

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                              • P peterchen

                                I was looking for a reliable SHA256 - C/C++ implementation, and good things were pointing to Crypto++. With the downside that I need only a single function, not a framework to run all kinds of hash functions in, it looked fine. Until I read that excerpt:

                                Version 5.6.1 released
                                 - fixed several bugs in the SHA-256 x86/x64 assembly code:
                                    incorrect hash on non-SSE2 x86 machines on non-aligned input
                                    incorrect hash on x86 machines when input crosses 0x80000000

                                Version 5.6.0 released
                                  - improved AES and SHA-256 speed on x86 and x64

                                Well, ok, happens to the best of us I guess. But let me ad some boilerplate decoration:

                                8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released
                                3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released

                                Wait, what? 8/9/2010 - Version 5.6.1 released 3/15/2009 - Version 5.6.0 released Are you elephanting kidding me? [edit] Generating potentially incorrect SHA's for over a year? Well, never mind, I'll write it on my own, can't be that hard.[/sarcasm]

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                                Lost User
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                                Now tell them that they're running late by almost 3 months to release version 5.6.2. :)

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                                • C Chris Losinger

                                  peterchen wrote:

                                  non-SSE2 x86

                                  aka Pentium 3 or earlier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE2[^]

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                                  Lost User
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                                  Or an AMD K7, which is slightly more recent than the P3, but not much.

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                                    Pretty serious bug? The first one may be a little serious, secretly corrupting the result like that.. but it's not very hard to notice and easy to work around. Seriously though, both of those bugs fall into the category of "will never happen anyway".

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                                    peterchen
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                                    Serious because acuumulating wrong SHA's over months or even a year is a ventilator-hitting-rear-exhaust-product waiting to happen. In addition, the "wrong" SHA's may be collision-prone or not even stable.

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                                    • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                                      How much does this "oft-updated" library cost? : )

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                                      peterchen
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                                      But eyeballs! :cool:

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                                      • P peterchen

                                        Serious because acuumulating wrong SHA's over months or even a year is a ventilator-hitting-rear-exhaust-product waiting to happen. In addition, the "wrong" SHA's may be collision-prone or not even stable.

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                                        Lost User
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                                        Sure... if you have an ancient CPU, which you don't. Or if your buffer crosses 0x80000000, which it won't.

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                                        • P peterchen

                                          Over 16 months of "generating invalid SHA's". Just imagining the dungstorm of a pool of wrong-SHA'd data accumulated over a year.

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                                          Lost User
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                                          Only for x86... Maybe they weren't much of a concern.

                                          Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.

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