Hi,
On 10/26/2015 09:54 PM, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Stephan,
>
>> This patch set adds the AF_ALG user space API to externalize the
>> asymmetric cipher API recently added to the kernel crypto API.
>>
>> The patch set is tested with the user space library of libkcapi [1].
>> Use [1] test/test.sh for a full test run. The test covers the
>> following scenarios:
>>
>> * sendmsg of one IOVEC
>>
>> * sendmsg of 16 IOVECs with non-linear buffer
>>
>> * vmsplice of one IOVEC
>>
>> * vmsplice of 15 IOVECs with non-linear buffer
>>
>> * invoking multiple separate cipher operations with one
>> open cipher handle
>>
>> * encryption with private key (using vector from testmgr.h)
>>
>> * encryption with public key (using vector from testmgr.h)
>>
>> * decryption with private key (using vector from testmgr.h)
>
> after having discussions with David Howells and David Woodhouse, I don't
> think we should expose akcipher via AF_ALG at all. I think the akcipher
> operations for sign/verify/encrypt/decrypt should operate on asymmetric keys
> in the first place. With akcipher you are pretty much bound to public and
> private keys and the key is the important part and not the akcipher itself.
> Especially since we want to support private keys in hardware (like TPM for
> example).
>
> It seems more appropriate to use keyctl to derive the symmetric session key
> from your asymmetric key. And then use the symmetric session key id with
> skcipher via AF_ALG. Especially once symmetric key type has been introduced
> this seems to be trivial then.
>
> I am not really in favor of having two userspace facing APIs for asymmetric
> cipher usage. And we need to have an API that is capable to work with
> hardware keys.
If we would have something like this:
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h
index f2acd2f..02e6162 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h
@@ -34,9 +34,12 @@ struct af_alg_iv {
#define ALG_SET_OP 3
#define ALG_SET_AEAD_ASSOCLEN 4
#define ALG_SET_AEAD_AUTHSIZE 5
+#define ALG_SET_PUBKEY 6
+#define ALG_SET_PUBKEY_ID 7
in case of ALG_SET_PUBKEY the key will be provided by user space
and in case of ALG_SET_PUBKEY_ID the PF_ALG layer will retrieve the
key from the keyring using the ID provided form user space.
Will this be ok with you Marcel and David?
Thanks,
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TS
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