x.crypto.ascon: improve single-shot functions of ascon hashing variant; add benchmark (#25282)

blackshirt · web-flow · commit a10c59704b4f · 2025-09-11T11:04:21.000+03:00
diff --git a/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/README.md b/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ thats provides Authenticated Encryption, Hash, and Extendable Output Functions.
 See the [NIST.SP.800-232 Standard](https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-232) for more detail.
 
 This module mostly implements all the features availables on the document.
-Its currently implements:
+It currently implements:
 - `Ascon-Hash256`, Ascon-based hashing implementation that produces 256-bits output.
 - `Ascon-XOF128`, Ascon-based eXtendable Output Function (XOF) where the output size of 
 the hash of the message can be selected by the user.
diff --git a/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/aead128_test.v b/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/aead128_test.v
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license
 // that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 //
+module ascon
+
 import encoding.hex
-import x.crypto.ascon
 
 // This test materials was taken and adapted into v from references implementation of Ascon-aead128
 // especially for the known answer test data, but, its not all fully-taken, just randomly choosen item.
@@ -26,14 +27,14 @@ fn test_ascon_aead128_enc_dec() ! {
 		ad := hex.decode(item.ad)!
 		ct := hex.decode(item.ct)!
 
-		out := ascon.encrypt(key, nonce, ad, pt)!
+		out := encrypt(key, nonce, ad, pt)!
 		assert out == ct
 
-		msg := ascon.decrypt(key, nonce, ad, ct)!
+		msg := decrypt(key, nonce, ad, ct)!
 		assert msg == pt
 
 		// Work with object-based Cipher
-		mut c := ascon.new_aead128(key)!
+		mut c := new_aead128(key)!
 		// Lets encrypt the message
 		exp_ct := c.encrypt(msg, nonce, ad)!
 		assert exp_ct == ct
diff --git a/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/bench/aead.v b/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/bench/aead.v
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// This benchmark is for Ascon-AEAD128 in `x.crypto.ascon` compared to
+// already stocked `x.crypto.cacha20poly1305 for AEAD functionalities.
+//
+// Here is output in my tests, first item was `x.crypto.ascon` and the later
+// for `x.crypto.chacha20poly1305` on encryption or decryption part.
+//
+// Encryption..
+// -----------
+// Iterations:      10000          Total Duration:   26.008ms      ns/op:       2600       B/op:     16    allocs/op:     17
+// Iterations:      10000          Total Duration:  158.865ms      ns/op:      15886       B/op:     16    allocs/op:     16
+//
+// Decryption..
+// -----------
+// Iterations:      10000          Total Duration:   29.091ms      ns/op:       2909       B/op:      6    allocs/op:      8
+// Iterations:      10000          Total Duration:  158.373ms      ns/op:      15837       B/op:      8    allocs/op:     12
+//
+import encoding.hex
+import x.benchmark
+import x.crypto.ascon
+import x.crypto.chacha20poly1305
+
+// randomly generated key and nonce, 16-bytes of ascon key and 32-bytes of chacha20poly1305 key.
+const key_ascon = hex.decode('7857bfb462c654d1d1b02971be021235')!
+const key_cpoly = hex.decode('9d9603f4fc460e273b80795ea50eab5873c04f589226c7d591b5336feb32fcba')!
+
+// 16-bytes ascon-nonce
+const ascon_nonce = hex.decode('8b521028fb54591472d8d8ee14430835')!
+
+// 12-bytes chacha20poly1305 nonce
+const cpoly_nonce = hex.decode('9a3c83e4236ea9a2c4e482da')!
+
+const ad = 'Ascon-AEAD128 additional data'.bytes()
+const msg = 'Ascon-AEAD128 benchmarking message'.bytes()
+
+// expected ciphertext for aead128 := 4b21a18cbca65b11aaf73dc74241c89bfcec96a4c8973ae696a938e0a591e846c4eb7b2906664f2318c0fd6ec1c56424aa9b
+const ciphertext_aead128 = hex.decode('4b21a18cbca65b11aaf73dc74241c89bfcec96a4c8973ae696a938e0a591e846c4eb7b2906664f2318c0fd6ec1c56424aa9b')!
+
+fn bench_ascon_aead128_encrypt() ! {
+	_ := ascon.encrypt(key_ascon, ascon_nonce, ad, msg)!
+}
+
+fn bench_ascon_aead128_decrypt() ! {
+	_ := ascon.decrypt(key_ascon, ascon_nonce, ad, ciphertext_aead128)!
+}
+
+// expected ciphertext for chacha20poly1305
+const ciphertext_chachapoly1305 = hex.decode('67dea3c65f0f326bcf587f024140a85d9535790d9b16129210a2289eda43bb9b62746450026fc1baf466bcb8a181843cd424')!
+
+fn bench_chacha20poly1305_encrypt() ! {
+	_ := chacha20poly1305.encrypt(msg, key_cpoly, cpoly_nonce, ad)!
+}
+
+fn bench_chacha20poly1305_decrypt() ! {
+	_ := chacha20poly1305.decrypt(ciphertext_chachapoly1305, key_cpoly, cpoly_nonce, ad)!
+}
+
+fn main() {
+	cf := benchmark.BenchmarkDefaults{
+		n: 10000
+	}
+	println('Encryption..')
+	println('-----------')
+	mut b0 := benchmark.setup(bench_ascon_aead128_encrypt, cf)!
+	b0.run()
+	mut b1 := benchmark.setup(bench_chacha20poly1305_encrypt, cf)!
+	b1.run()
+
+	println('')
+	println('Decryption..')
+	println('-----------')
+	mut b2 := benchmark.setup(bench_ascon_aead128_decrypt, cf)!
+	b2.run()
+	mut b3 := benchmark.setup(bench_chacha20poly1305_decrypt, cf)!
+	b3.run()
+}
diff --git a/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/bench/hashxof.v b/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/bench/hashxof.v
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+// Ascon-Hash256 (and Ascon-XOF128) benchmark compared to builtin
+// crypto.sha256 (for sum256) and sha3.shake256 (for xof outputing 256-bits)
+//
+// This benchmark code was adapted from argon2 benchmark by @fleximus, the creator argon2 module.
+// Credit tributed to @fleximus
+// See https://gist.github.com/fleximus/db5b867a9a37da46340db61bdac6e696
+//
+// Output
+// ======
+// Sum and Xof 256-bits output performance comparison
+// ============================================================
+// Iterations per test: 10000
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//   Data Size |   Ascon256 |     Sha256 |    Ratio 256 || AsconXof128 |   Shake256 |  Ratio (Xof) |
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//         4 B |    24.00ms |    33.00ms |        0.73x ||     24.00ms |   208.00ms |        0.12x |
+//         6 B |    23.00ms |    53.00ms |        0.45x ||     25.00ms |   287.00ms |        0.08x |
+//         8 B |    35.00ms |    37.00ms |        0.95x ||     26.00ms |   202.00ms |        0.18x |
+//        16 B |    30.00ms |    37.00ms |        0.83x ||     30.00ms |   205.00ms |        0.15x |
+//        64 B |    55.00ms |    61.00ms |        0.89x ||     53.00ms |   241.00ms |        0.23x |
+//        75 B |    61.00ms |    57.00ms |        1.07x ||     58.00ms |   182.00ms |        0.34x |
+//       256 B |   154.00ms |   123.00ms |        1.25x ||    144.00ms |   398.00ms |        0.39x |
+//       512 B |   273.00ms |   216.00ms |        1.26x ||    265.00ms |   779.00ms |        0.35x |
+//      1025 B |   610.00ms |   401.00ms |        1.52x ||    509.00ms |      1.37s |        0.45x |
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//       Total |      1.27s |      1.02s |        1.24x ||      1.14s |      3.87s |         0.294x|
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Per-operation averages:
+//   Ascon256:         14108 ns per hash
+//   Sha256:           11360 ns per hash
+//   AsconXof128:      12648 ns per hash
+//   Shake256:         43036 ns per hash
+//
+module main
+
+import time
+import crypto.sha3
+import crypto.sha256
+import x.crypto.ascon
+
+const benchmark_iterations = 10000
+
+// We include more small size because, Ascon-Hash256 working with more smaller block size.
+const test_data_sizes = [
+	4, // below Ascon-Hash256 block size
+	6, // Still below Ascon-Hash256 block size
+	8, // align with Ascon-Hash256 block size
+	16, // Small data
+	64, // Medium data
+	75, // above 64-bytes block
+	256, // Large data
+	512,
+	1025,
+]
+
+fn generate_test_data(size int) []u8 {
+	mut data := []u8{len: size}
+	for i in 0 .. size {
+		data[i] = u8(i % 256)
+	}
+	return data
+}
+
+fn benchmark_ascon_sha256(data []u8, iterations int) time.Duration {
+	start := time.now()
+	for _ in 0 .. iterations {
+		_ := ascon.sum256(data)
+	}
+	return time.since(start)
+}
+
+fn benchmark_sha256_sum256(data []u8, iterations int) time.Duration {
+	start := time.now()
+	for _ in 0 .. iterations {
+		_ := sha256.sum256(data)
+	}
+	return time.since(start)
+}
+
+// for eXtendable output functions (XOF)
+fn benchmark_ascon_xof128_32(data []u8, iterations int) time.Duration {
+	start := time.now()
+	for _ in 0 .. iterations {
+		_ := ascon.xof128(data, 32) or { panic(err) }
+	}
+	return time.since(start)
+}
+
+fn benchmark_sha3_shake256(data []u8, iterations int) time.Duration {
+	start := time.now()
+	for _ in 0 .. iterations {
+		_ := sha3.shake256(data, 32)
+	}
+	return time.since(start)
+}
+
+fn format_duration(d time.Duration) string {
+	if d.microseconds() < 1000 {
+		return '${d.microseconds():6}μs'
+	} else if d.milliseconds() < 1000 {
+		return '${f64(d.milliseconds()):6.2f}ms'
+	} else {
+		return '${f64(d.seconds()):6.2f}s'
+	}
+}
+
+const data_title = 'Data Size'
+const ascon_sum256_title = 'Ascon256'
+const sha256_title = 'Sha256'
+const ascon_xof128_title = 'AsconXof128'
+const sha3_shake256_title = 'Shake256'
+const ratio_ascon256_w_sha256 = 'Ratio 256'
+const ratio_asconxof128_w_shake256 = 'Ratio (Xof)'
+
+fn main() {
+	println('')
+	println('Sum and Xof 256-bits output performance comparison')
+	println('============================================================')
+	println('Iterations per test: ${benchmark_iterations}')
+
+	println('${'-'.repeat(98)}')
+	println('${data_title:12} | ${ascon_sum256_title:10} | ${sha256_title:10} | ${ratio_ascon256_w_sha256:12} || ${ascon_xof128_title:10} | ${sha3_shake256_title:10} | ${ratio_asconxof128_w_shake256:12} |')
+	println('${'-'.repeat(98)}')
+
+	mut total_ascon256 := time.Duration(0)
+	mut total_sha256 := time.Duration(0)
+	mut total_shake256 := time.Duration(0)
+	mut total_asconxof128 := time.Duration(0)
+
+	for size in test_data_sizes {
+		test_data := generate_test_data(size)
+
+		// Warm up
+		_ := ascon.sum256(test_data)
+		_ := sha256.sum256(test_data)
+
+		_ := ascon.xof128(test_data, 32)!
+		_ := sha3.shake256(test_data, 32)
+
+		// Benchmark Ascon-HASH256
+		ascon256_time := benchmark_ascon_sha256(test_data, benchmark_iterations)
+
+		// Benchmark Sha256 implementation
+		sha256_time := benchmark_sha256_sum256(test_data, benchmark_iterations)
+
+		// Benchmark Sha3 shake256 implementation
+		shake256_time := benchmark_sha3_shake256(test_data, benchmark_iterations)
+
+		// Benchmark AsconXof128 256-bits output
+		asconxof128_time := benchmark_ascon_xof128_32(test_data, benchmark_iterations)
+
+		// Calculate ratio ascon256 / sha256
+		ratio_ascon256_sha256 := f64(ascon256_time.nanoseconds()) / f64(sha256_time.nanoseconds())
+
+		// Calculate ratio asconxof128 / shake256
+		ratio_asconxof128_shake256 := f64(asconxof128_time.nanoseconds()) / f64(shake256_time.nanoseconds())
+
+		ascon256_str := format_duration(ascon256_time)
+		sha256_str := format_duration(sha256_time)
+		asconxof128_str := format_duration(asconxof128_time)
+		shake256_str := format_duration(shake256_time)
+
+		ratio_ascon256_sha256_str := '${ratio_ascon256_sha256:6.2f}x'
+		ratio_asconxof128_shake256_str := '${ratio_asconxof128_shake256:6.2f}x'
+
+		println('${size:10} B | ${ascon256_str:10} | ${sha256_str:10} | ${ratio_ascon256_sha256_str:12} || ${asconxof128_str:11} | ${shake256_str:10} | ${ratio_asconxof128_shake256_str:12} |')
+
+		total_ascon256 += ascon256_time
+		total_sha256 += sha256_time
+
+		total_asconxof128 += asconxof128_time
+		total_shake256 += shake256_time
+	}
+
+	println('${'-'.repeat(98)}')
+
+	// Overall performance comparison
+	overall_ascon256_w_sha256_ratio := f64(total_ascon256.nanoseconds()) / f64(total_sha256.nanoseconds())
+	overall_asconxof128_w_shake256_ratio := f64(total_asconxof128.nanoseconds()) / f64(total_shake256.nanoseconds())
+	total_title := 'Total'
+	println('${total_title:12} | ${format_duration(total_ascon256):10} | ${format_duration(total_sha256):10} | ${overall_ascon256_w_sha256_ratio:11.2f}x || ${format_duration(total_asconxof128):11} | ${format_duration(total_shake256):10} | ${overall_asconxof128_w_shake256_ratio:12.2f}x|')
+	println('${'-'.repeat(98)}')
+
+	println('')
+	println('Per-operation averages:')
+	avg_ascon256 := total_ascon256.nanoseconds() / (benchmark_iterations * test_data_sizes.len)
+	avg_sha256 := total_sha256.nanoseconds() / (benchmark_iterations * test_data_sizes.len)
+	avg_shake256 := total_shake256.nanoseconds() / (benchmark_iterations * test_data_sizes.len)
+	avg_asconxof128 := total_asconxof128.nanoseconds() / (benchmark_iterations * test_data_sizes.len)
+
+	println('  Ascon256:\t ${avg_ascon256:8} ns per hash')
+	println('  Sha256:\t ${avg_sha256:8} ns per hash')
+	println('  AsconXof128:\t ${avg_asconxof128:8} ns per hash')
+	println('  Shake256:\t ${avg_shake256:8} ns per hash')
+	println('')
+}
diff --git a/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/bench/sum.v b/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/bench/sum.v
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import time
+import x.crypto.ascon
+
+// Before:
+// Benchmarking ascon.sum256 ...
+// Average ascon.sum256 time: 8 µs
+// Benchmarking ascon.sum256 ...
+// Average ascon.sum256 time: 6 µs
+
+// For xof128 (32 bytes)
+// Benchmarking ascon.xof128 ...
+// Average ascon.xof128 time: 7 µs
+// Benchmarking ascon.xof128 ...
+// Average ascon.xof128 time: 6 µs
+
+// For cxof128 32 bytes
+// Benchmarking ascon.cxof128 ...
+// Average ascon.cxof128 time: 9 µs
+// Benchmarking ascon.sum256 ...
+// Average ascon.cxof128 time: 7 µs
+//
+fn main() {
+	iterations := 1000
+	msg := [u8(0xff)].repeat(100)
+
+	println('Benchmarking ascon.sum256 ...')
+	mut total_sum_time := i64(0)
+	for _ in 0 .. iterations {
+		sw := time.new_stopwatch()
+		_ := ascon.sum256(msg)
+		elapsed := sw.elapsed().microseconds()
+		total_sum_time += elapsed
+	}
+	avg_sum_time := total_sum_time / iterations
+	println('Average ascon.sum256 time: ${avg_sum_time} µs')
+}
diff --git a/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/digest.v b/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/digest.v
@@ -133,3 +133,39 @@ fn (mut d Digest) squeeze(mut dst []u8) int {
 
 	return pos
 }
+
+@[direct_array_access; inline]
+fn ascon_generic_hash(mut s State, msg_ []u8, size int) []u8 {
+	// Assumed state was correctly initialized
+	// Absorbing the message
+	mut msg := msg_.clone()
+	for msg.len >= block_size {
+		s.e0 ^= binary.little_endian_u64(msg[0..block_size])
+		unsafe {
+			msg = msg[block_size..]
+		}
+		ascon_pnr(mut s, ascon_prnd_12)
+	}
+	// Absorb the last partial message block
+	s.e0 ^= load_bytes(msg, msg.len)
+	s.e0 ^= pad(msg.len)
+
+	// Squeezing phase
+	//
+	// The squeezing phase begins after msg is absorbed with an
+	// permutation 𝐴𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑛-𝑝[12] to the state:
+	ascon_pnr(mut s, ascon_prnd_12)
+	mut out := []u8{len: size}
+	mut pos := 0
+	mut clen := out.len
+	for clen >= block_size {
+		binary.little_endian_put_u64(mut out[pos..pos + 8], s.e0)
+		ascon_pnr(mut s, ascon_prnd_12)
+		pos += block_size
+		clen -= block_size
+	}
+	// final output, the resulting 256-bit digest is the concatenation of hash blocks
+	store_bytes(mut out[pos..], s.e0, clen)
+
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/hash.v b/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/hash.v
diff --git a/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/util.v b/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/util.v
diff --git a/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/xof.v b/vlib/x/crypto/ascon/xof.v
