From ce74cffc0a5290860d3aab737ccc6420e9e17279 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Orson Peters Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 13:47:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] more work --- readme.md | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 2334464..c4f6658 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -6,15 +6,16 @@ on the SUPERCOP "ref10" implementation. All code is in the public domain. All code is pure ANSI C without any dependencies, except for the random seed generation which uses standard OS cryptography APIs. If you wish to be entirely -portable define `ED25519_NO_SEED`. This does disable the `ed25519_create_seed` -function however you can use your own seeding function if you wish. +portable define `ED25519_NO_SEED`. This disables the `ed25519_create_seed` +function, so if your application requires key generation you must supply your +own seeding function (simply a 32 byte random number generator). Performance ----------- -On a machine with an Intel Q6600 @ 2.4GHz I got the following speeds (running -on only one thread): +On a machine with an Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.3GHz I got the following speeds (running +on only one a single core): Seed + key generation: 345us Message signing (short message): 256us