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+hashsig-naive
+=============
+
+Reference implementation of of the LMS Hash Based Signature Scheme from
+`draft-mcgrew-hash-sigs-10`.
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+This is a naive implementation, which hews as closely as possible to the
+text of the draft, without any regard for performance (or security - keys
+are stored unencrypted in the local file system). It is intended to show
+that the draft can be implemented as written (except I found a few
+omissions in the text), and can interoperate with the official reference
+implementation at http://github.com/cisco/hash-sigs.
+
+The user interface is modeled on `demo.c` from the Cisco implementation,
+although all code was written independently.