Re: [Diehard] Overlap sum test

From: Mok-Kong Shen (mok-kong.shen_at_t-online.de)
Date: 09/28/03 

Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:52:56 +0200

"Douglas A. Gwyn" wrote:
>
> Cristiano wrote:
[snip]
> > This
> > should suggest a total re-check of DH and the writing of the documentation
> > related to each test.
>
> Those might or might not be fair criticisms. It would
> indeed be useful to have a single stable, thoroughly
> validated implementation of DieHard (or similar test
> suite, e.g. the mandatory FIPS tests). But George is
> under no obligation to provide that..

Given the fact that the software has been quite popular,
it is a pity in my view that its author apparently doesn't
consider it worthwhile to put in some (limited) additional
effort to provide a very good documentation so that, in
cases of eventual bugs, the user could have a good chance
to help himself. (Support would be nice, but anyway not
a big necessity.)

M. K. Shen

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