Poly1305 implements the Poly1305 MAC algorithm, exposing a saner interface than the one provided by golang.org/x/crypto/poly1305. In particular it exposes a object that implements a hash.Hash interface.
The implementation is based on the Public Domain poly1305-donna by Andrew Moon.
| Implementation | 64 byte | 1024 byte |
|---|---|---|
| go.crypto (ref) | 94.51 MB/s | 187.67 MB/s |
| go.crypto (amd64) | 540.68 MB/s | 909.97 MB/s |
| go poly1305-donna-32 | 425.40 MB/s | 715.23 MB/s |
Note: All numbers on a i5-4250U, and to be taken with a huge grain of salt.