The go.crypto repo was missed when this function was removed from the ciphers in the standard library. R=agl CC=golang-dev https://golang.org/cl/6904062
@@ -81,16 +81,6 @@ func (c *Cipher) Decrypt(dst, src []byte) {
dst[4], dst[5], dst[6], dst[7] = byte(r>>24), byte(r>>16), byte(r>>8), byte(r)
}
-// Reset zeros the key data, so that it will no longer
-// appear in the process's memory.
-func (c *Cipher) Reset() {
- zero(c.p[0:])
- zero(c.s0[0:])
- zero(c.s1[0:])
- zero(c.s2[0:])
- zero(c.s3[0:])
-}
-
func initCipher(key []byte, c *Cipher) {
copy(c.p[0:], p[0:])
copy(c.s0[0:], s0[0:])
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@ func (c *Cipher) BlockSize() int {
return BlockSize
-// Reset zeros the key material in memory.
- for i := 0; i < 16; i++ {
- c.masking[i] = 0
- c.rotate[i] = 0
- }
func (c *Cipher) Encrypt(dst, src []byte) {
l := uint32(src[0])<<24 | uint32(src[1])<<16 | uint32(src[2])<<8 | uint32(src[3])
r := uint32(src[4])<<24 | uint32(src[5])<<16 | uint32(src[6])<<8 | uint32(src[7])
@@ -106,19 +106,6 @@ func NewCipher(key []byte) (*Cipher, error) {
return c, nil
-// Reset zeros the key data, so that it will no longer appear in the process's
-// memory.
- for i := range c.k {
- c.k[i] = 0
- for i := range c.s {
- for j := 0; j < 256; j++ {
- c.s[i][j] = 0
// BlockSize returns the Twofish block size, 16 bytes.
func (c *Cipher) BlockSize() int { return BlockSize }
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ func (c *Cipher) Encrypt(dst, src []byte) { encryptBlock(c, dst, src) }
// Decrypt decrypts the 8 byte buffer src using the key k and stores the result in dst.
func (c *Cipher) Decrypt(dst, src []byte) { decryptBlock(c, dst, src) }
-// Reset zeros the table, so that it will no longer appear in the process's memory.
- for i := 0; i < len(c.table); i++ {
- c.table[i] = 0
// initCipher initializes the cipher context by creating a look up table
// of precalculated values that are based on the key.
func initCipher(c *Cipher, key []byte) {
@@ -227,20 +227,3 @@ func TestCipherDecrypt(t *testing.T) {
-// Test resetting the cipher context
-func TestReset(t *testing.T) {
- c, err := NewCipher(testKey)
- if err != nil {
- t.Errorf("NewCipher(%d bytes) = %s", len(testKey), err)
- return
- c.Reset()
- if c.table[i] != 0 {
- t.Errorf("Cipher.Reset: Failed to clear Cipher.table[%d]. expected 0, got %08X", i, c.table[i])