Re: [Classpathx-crypto] TestOfSerpent

[Raif S. Naffah]

hello Casey,

Casey Marshall wrote:
> As promised, attached is a pared-down version of a test suite for
> Serpent. It runs all the variable-key and variable-text known-answer
> tests, and the first ten of each of the monte carlo tests provided in
> the Serpent team's submission. It also runs the BaseCipher's default
> symmetry test.

that's simply beautiful.  i think all cipher test cases should follow 
this model.

> This version comes from a test suite that tests all known-answer and all
> monte carlo tests -- which seemed a bit excessive. It is available at:
>
>         http://www.metastatic.org/src/serpent-test-full.tar.gz
>
> It is 117 kilobytes compressed, and is slow.

is this the inverse of the NistKAT and NistMCT (in gnu.crypto.tools) tools?

since we will be using code from these tools for the test cases, should 
we look into re-factoring that code to improve code re-usability across 
the library?


> I figured that this version provided a good enough compromise, and can be
> trimmed even further by simply deleting answers from the bottoms of the
> test arrays.
>
> If GNU's mailing lists (or you) do not like attachments, the trimmed
> version can also be found at:
>
>         http://www.metastatic.org/src/serpent-test.tar.gz
>
> Cheers,