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Message-ID: <20111218154811.GA590@openwall.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:48:11 +0400
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: john-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: 1.7.9-jumbo

Jim -

On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 09:45:42AM -0600, jfoug wrote:
> Possibly we should enhance that script, and give it an optional command line
> switch, that dumps out the formats with greatest disparaging timings.  So,
> something like  -diff 6  would list any format that was +6% or -6%
> difference between them.  Thus, you could run a 'normal' test, and if there
> are issues you want to dig deeper into, such as specific formats much faster
> or slower, then an option like this could be used.

Yes, I already hacked my copy to print the format name corresponding to
"Minimum".  Good idea regarding the option.

Alexander

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