Submission + - Security review summary of NIST SHA-3 round 1 (fortify.com) 1
FormOfActionBanana writes: "The security firm Fortify Software has undertaken an automated code review of the NIST SHA-3 round 1 contestants' (previously Slashdotted) reference implementations. After a followup audit, the team is now reporting summary results.
According to the blog entry, "This just emphasizes what we already knew about C, even the most careful, security conscious developer messes up memory management."
Of particular interest, Professor Ron Rivest's (the "R" in RSA) MD6 team has already corrected a buffer overflow pointed out by the Fortify review. Bruce Schnier's Skein, also previously slashdotted came through defect free."
According to the blog entry, "This just emphasizes what we already knew about C, even the most careful, security conscious developer messes up memory management."
Of particular interest, Professor Ron Rivest's (the "R" in RSA) MD6 team has already corrected a buffer overflow pointed out by the Fortify review. Bruce Schnier's Skein, also previously slashdotted came through defect free."
