nettle-hash's Streebog is faster

[meta4ra.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index ee95c19e5bacc81f83d9e2db38c2c8a7a3cea37a..45c90babf7035dcb614a1c70e34fec4d8dee3efd 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -17,16 +17,18 @@ meta4-create utility is used to create Metalink4
 Following hashes are predefined by default:
 
 * sha-256:sha256 -- standardized name; standard command in many OSes
-                    Maybe fast on hardware accelerated CPUs
+                    May be fast on hardware accelerated CPUs.
 * sha-512:sha512 -- standardized name; standard command in many OSes
-                    Faster on 64-bit CPUs than software sha-256
+                    Faster on 64-bit CPUs than software sha-256.
 * skein-256:skein256 -- non-standardized name; out-of-box command in FreeBSD
-                        Faster than software sha-*/shake*
+                        Faster than software sha-*/shake*.
 * skein-512:skein512 -- non-standardized name; out-of-box command in FreeBSD
-                        Faster on 64-bit CPUs than skein-256
-* shake128:shake128sum -- standardized name; command is in contrib/
-                          Can be faster on hardware than sha-*/skein-*
-* shake256:shake256sum -- standardized name; command is in contrib/
+                        Faster on 64-bit CPUs than skein-256.
+* shake128:goshake128 -- standardized name; non-standard command
+                         Faster than software sha-*. Much faster on hardware.
+* shake256:goshake256 -- standardized name; non-standard command
+                         Same speed as sha-512 on 64-bit CPUs.
+                         Much faster on hardware.
 * streebog-256:streebog256sum -- non-standardized name; command is in contrib/
 * streebog-512:streebog512sum -- non-standardized name; command is in contrib/
 * blake3-256:b3sum -- non-standardized name; additional package in most OSes
@@ -36,3 +38,9 @@ SHA2 and SHA3 (SHAKE*) are USA's NIST standards. Streebog is Russian
 Federation's government standard. Skein is SHA3-finalist. BLAKE3 is
 reduced round Merklee-tree-based BLAKE2 descendant. BLAKE2 is reduced
 round BLAKE, that also was one of SHA3-finalists.
+
+meta4-check utility is used to check files against provided Metalink4.
+
+-extract-sig -- store the OpenPGP signature (if exists) in .asc file nearby.
+-hashes      -- same as in meta4-create. Hashes are sorted by preferences
+                priority. First matching one will be used to check integrity.