Description of downloadable files.

eris_nist.tar.gz is Eris conforming to the NIST hash function interface. Another way of saying it's not a stand alone program. One problem with this source at the moment is that the Update() function is hashing in the message length instead of the Final() function. I'm putting it on line for anyone interested in seeing how Eris looks in source code form.

eris-1.0.tar.gz is the command line version of Eris. The output message digest is different than the NIST version due to the way they hash in the message length. The NIST version hashes in the number of bits hashed while Eris-1.0 hashes in the number of bytes hashed. Basicaly NIST wants to be able to hash any odd length message like a 257 bit message instead of a regular 256 bit message that ends on a eight bit boundry. Why I have no idea. Eris is a eight bit algorithm and from now on it only hashes 8 bit bytes without the provision of dealing with an odd number of bits. If someone wants to start hashing 12 bit bytes they are SOL as far as I'm concerned.

Link to Sourceforge Eris download page.

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