Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] crypto: mark ecb(arc4) skcipher as obsolete

2020-09-11 Thread Herbert Xu
On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 06:16:42PM +0300, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > RC4 hasn't aged very well, and is a poor fit for the skcipher API so it > would be good if we could get rid of the ecb(arc4) drivers in the kernel > at some point in the future. This prevents new users from creeping in, and > allows

[PATCH v3 0/7] crypto: mark ecb(arc4) skcipher as obsolete

2020-08-31 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
RC4 hasn't aged very well, and is a poor fit for the skcipher API so it would be good if we could get rid of the ecb(arc4) drivers in the kernel at some point in the future. This prevents new users from creeping in, and allows us to improve the skcipher API without having to care too much about