* Re: [PATCH 0/1] crypto: af_alg - add extra parameters for DRBG interface
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@ 2020-07-16 14:59 ` Stephan Mueller
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From: Stephan Mueller @ 2020-07-16 14:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Elena Petrova, herbert
Cc: open list:HARDWARE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR CORE, Eric Biggers,
Ard Biesheuvel, keyrings
Am Donnerstag, 16. Juli 2020, 16:49:52 CEST schrieb Stephan Mueller:
Hi Herbert,
(resent, adding Herbert to the list and fix the keyrings address)
> Am Donnerstag, 16. Juli 2020, 16:41:26 CEST schrieb Elena Petrova:
>
> Hi Herbert,
>
> > > > > With these issues, I would assume you are better off creating your
> > > > > own
> > > > > kernel module just like I did that externalizes the crypto API to
> > > > > user
> > > > > space but is only available on your test kernel and will not affect
> > > > > all
> > > > > other users.
> > > >
> > > > I considered publishing my kernel driver on GitHub, but there appears
> > > > to
> > > > be
> > > > a sufficiently large number of users to justify having this
> > > > functionality
> > > > upstream.
> > >
> > > So, I should then dust off my AF_ALG KPP and AF_ALG akcipher patches
> > > then?
> > >
> > > :-D
> >
> > Sure :)
>
> Long time ago when I released the patches now found in [1] and [2] they
> where rejected as it was said, the official route to access the RSA/ECDSA
> and the DH/ECDH ciphers is through the keyring.
>
> Obviously this interface of the keyring is not suitable for testing these
> algorithms. Considering the request that the kernel crypto API ciphers
> should be testable with arbitrary test vectors, would the dusted-off
> patches for AF_ALG KPP and akcipher be accepted?
>
> Ciao
> Stephan
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/smuellerDD/libkcapi/tree/master/kernel-patches/4.15-rc3/
> asym
>
> [2]
> https://github.com/smuellerDD/libkcapi/tree/master/kernel-patches/4.15-rc3/
> kpp
Ciao
Stephan
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