Re: Adding GOST as a cipher?

[Ian G <iang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vlad "SATtva" Miller wrote:

> Jon Callas wrote:
>  
>
> > Recently, I've been asked about adding GOST as a cipher into OpenPGP.
> > It's needed in Russia and parts of Eastern Europe, where they use it in
> > banking and government applications.
> >    
>
> This won't help much unless you also consider specifying GOST R 34.11-94
> (based on GOST 28147-89 block cipher) for hash function and GOST R 34.19-2001
> (based on elliptic curves) for digital signature. These are the only permitted
> algorithms for banking/government use in Russia. Don't know about other
> Eastern Eaurope countries policies, though.
>  

That's the sort of information we need.  Is that
sufficient to create the paramaters and specify
them in the standard?

Another issue is implementations.  Is it appropriate
to get a couple of cooperating code bases in action
before they get added to the standard?

> ...
>
> the GOST S-boxes are specified directly in russian GOST (Government
> Standard) 28147-89.
>  


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