Re: [boost] [rfc] Preliminary Hash Library

Subject: Re: [boost] [rfc] Preliminary Hash Library
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-07 18:55:14

On 6 May 2010 08:48, Roland Bock <rbock_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> To be honest, I just looked at the quickstart (very nice)
>

Thanks.

>
> Performance is an issue, I think. You may also want to look at small
> entities. We hash many millions of small data entities each day (MD5).
>
> Also, adding comparison with openssl or cryptopp might be useful.
>

I did put a few of optimizations in. MD5, for example, used to be 300%
slower than it is now.  There is definitely plenty of opportunity to
improve performance, however.

Per-message overhead will definitely be a good thing to test.

~ Scott McMurray