Re: [PATCH] maint: add sm3sum based on OSCCA SM3 secure hash

[Tianjia Zhang]

Hi,

On 6/9/20 9:30 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 2020-06-09 12:23 a.m., Tianjia Zhang wrote:
> > Add message digest program sm3sum, it use OSCCA SM3 secure
> > hash (OSCCA GM/T 0004-2012 SM3) generic hash transformation.
>
> There has already been a discussion about adding SM3 to coreutils three
> years ago, and it was decided against adding it:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2017-10/msg00043.html
>
>
> regards,
>   - assaf

At present, the SM3 algorithm has been released in openssl 1.1.1 and 
libgcrypt 1.9.2, and it is already a standard algorithm in the linux 
kernel. Is it possible to reconsider this algorithm and provide sm3sum 
in coreutils?

Best regards,
Tianjia