From f3eb62a8bc993b6f3fa12123a284a7d2c0aae719 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Duncan Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 23:53:33 -0400 Subject: README.md: improve introduction, minor fixes to algo list, add "Documentation" section, document "doc" target --- README.md | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c10dbf5..10f5a12 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ # sha3 -[C11][] implementation of the [SHA-3][] [cryptographic hash -functions][hash], [eXtendable Output Functions (XOF)][xof], and -[Hash-based Message Authentication Code functions (HMAC)][hmac] defined -in [FIPS 202][], [SP 800-185][800-185], and the [draft KangarooTwelve -and TurboSHAKE specification][turboshake-ietf]. - -Includes [AVX-512][] acceleration and a full test suite with test +Embeddable, dependency-free [C11][] implementation of the [SHA-3][] +[cryptographic hash functions][hash], [eXtendable Output Functions +(XOF)][xof], and [Hash-based Message Authentication Code functions +(HMAC)][hmac] defined in [FIPS 202][], [SP 800-185][800-185], and the +[draft KangarooTwelve and TurboSHAKE specification][turboshake-ietf]. + +Includes [AVX-512][] acceleration, [Doxygen][]-friendly [API][] +documentation, and a full test suite with sanitizers enabled and test vectors from the [NIST CSRC "Examples With Intermediate Values" site][csrc-examples] and the [Test Vectors section of the draft KangarooTwelve and TurboSHAKE specification][turboshake-ietf-test-vectors]. @@ -14,34 +15,36 @@ KangarooTwelve and TurboSHAKE specification][turboshake-ietf-test-vectors]. The following algorithms are implemented: * SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384, and SHA3-512: [SHA-3][] [cryptographic - hash functions][hash] with fixed-length output defined in section 6.1 - of [FIPS 202][]. + hash functions][hash] with fixed-length output, as defined in section + 6.1 of [FIPS 202][]. * HMAC-SHA3-224, HMAC-SHA3-256, HMAC-SHA3-384, HMAC-SHA3-512: [HMAC][hmac] instantiated with [SHA-3][] hash functions, as specified - in [RFC 2104][] and [FIPS 198-1][]. + in section 7 of [FIPS 202][], [RFC 2104][], and [FIPS 198-1][]. * SHAKE128, SHAKE128-XOF, SHAKE256, and SHAKE256-XOF: [SHA-3][] - [XOFs][xof] defined in section 6.2 of [FIPS 202][]. + [XOFs][xof] with both fixed-length output and arbitrary-length output, + as defined in section 6.2 of [FIPS 202][]. * cSHAKE128, cSHAKE128-XOF, cSHAKE256, and cSHAKE256-XOF: Fixed-length - and [XOF][] variants of the customizable-SHAKE primitive defined in - section 3 of [SP 800-185][800-185]. + and [XOF][] variants of the customizable-SHAKE primitive, as defined + in section 3 of [SP 800-185][800-185]. * KMAC128, KMAC128-XOF, KMAC256 and KMAC256-XOF: Keccak [Message - Authentication Code (MAC)][mac] defined in section 4 of [SP + Authentication Code (MAC)][mac], as defined in section 4 of [SP 800-185][800-185]. * TupleHash128, TupleHash128-XOF, TupleHash256, and TupleHash256-XOF: Misuse-resistant hash function and [XOF][] for hashing a [tuple][] of - byte strings, defined in section 5 of [SP 800-185][800-185]. + byte strings, as defined in section 5 of [SP 800-185][800-185]. * ParallelHash128, ParallelHash128-XOF, ParallelHash256, and - ParallelHash256-XOF: Hash function and [XOF][] defined in section 6 - of [SP 800-185][800-185]. -* TurboSHAKE128 and TurboSHAKE256: Faster, reduced-round [XOFs][xof] - defined in the [draft KangarooTwelve and TurboSHAKE + ParallelHash256-XOF: Hash function and [XOF][], as defined in section + 6 of [SP 800-185][800-185]. +* TurboSHAKE128 and TurboSHAKE256: Faster, reduced-round [XOFs][xof], + as defined in the [draft KangarooTwelve and TurboSHAKE specification][turboshake-ietf]. -* KangarooTwelve: Faster, reduced-round [XOF][] with customzation string - defined in the [draft KangarooTwelve and TurboSHAKE +* KangarooTwelve: Faster, reduced-round [XOF][] with a customzation + string, as defined in the [draft KangarooTwelve and TurboSHAKE specification][turboshake-ietf]. -Use `make` to build a minimal sample application, and `make test` to run -the test suite. +Use `make` to build a shared library and minimal sample application, +`make doc` to generate [HTML][]-formatted [API][] documentation, and +`make test` to run the test suite. ## Examples @@ -165,6 +168,12 @@ int main() { See the `examples/` directory for more examples. +## Documentation + +Full [API][] documentation is available in the comments of `sha3.h`. If +you have [Doxygen][] installed, you can generate [HTML][]-formatted +[API][] documentation by typeing `make doc`. + ## References * [FIPS 202 - SHA-3 Standard: Permutation-Based Hash and Extendable-Output Functions][FIPS 202] @@ -208,3 +217,9 @@ See the `examples/` directory for more examples. "KangarooTwelve and TurboSHAKE test vectors" [avx-512]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVX-512 "Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512): 512-bit SIMD vector instruction set" +[doxygen]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxygen + "API documentation generator." +[api]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API + "Application Programming Interface (API)" +[html]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML + "HyperText Markup Language (HTML)" -- cgit v1.2.3