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Validating IDEA

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NODE b4416588Validating IDEA
Does anyone know if there is a validation suite for the IDEA
cipher?  I want to be able to verify an implementation on
the TMS320 digital-signal processor.

The NIST has such a test suite for the DES, but I haven't heard
anything about IDEA.

John A. Thomas
b858jt@utarlvm1.uta.edu
75236.3536@compuserve.com
PGP public key fingerprint:
80 21 D7 35 65 74 C8 9D 23 DB 29 78 8E 31 05 4D
NODE 0f19518bRe: Validating IDEA
John Thomas says:
> Does anyone know if there is a validation suite for the IDEA
> cipher?  I want to be able to verify an implementation on
> the TMS320 digital-signal processor.
> 
> The NIST has such a test suite for the DES, but I haven't heard
> anything about IDEA.

Take the PGP IDEA code and produce some test cases for yourself...

Perry
NODE 31444cb8Re: Validating IDEA
>Does anyone know if there is a validation suite for the IDEA
>cipher?  I want to be able to verify an implementation on
>the TMS320 digital-signal processor.

>The NIST has such a test suite for the DES, but I haven't heard
>anything about IDEA.

There is some sample data included in the appendix to the IDEA
description (chapter 3 or someone's thesis) which is floating around
the network.  This sample data should allow at least a partial
validation of your cipher implementation, and arbitrary amounts of
it can furthermore be generated by using the sample C implementation
contained in the same appendix.

This document is widely available, but until the end of the week I have
stored it in:

	ftp.mq.edu.au:/home/ifarqhar/idea-eurocrypt90.zip

I do not know how much longer it will remain after Friday, as I will be
leaving my position here on that day and moving accounts.

							Ian.