Runtime comparison of block cipher-based hash functions

This script is a practical part of a runtime comparison of block cipher-based hash functions.

Idea

Acceleration of hash-based signature processes like XMSS through:

1. a fast hash function based on block cipher and
2. a correspondingly fast block cipher.

Implementation

Hash function MDC-2 with AES as block cipher and hardware acceleration AES-NI in Python

Result

1. Runtime comparison in milliseconds and clock cycles of the processor

	milliseconds	clock cycles
SHA-3 (256 bit)	0,19097	512943
MDC-2 with AES-NI	0,13577	255849

2. Runtime comparison of key generation, signature and verification from 1024 bits to 256 bits in milliseconds

XMSS with	key generation	signature	verification
SHA-3 (256 bit)	13101,87879	12,60402	14,51372
MDC-2 with AES-NI	9314,77239	8,96082	10,31852

License

This script is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE-file for details.

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2020 Tim Kohlstadt.