On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 02:36:54PM +, Benedetto, Salvatore wrote:
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> My very first patch used PKCS3 and there were some objections to that.
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8311881/
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> Both Bluetooth or keyctl KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE would have to first pack the
> key to whatever format we ch
> -Original Message-
> From: Herbert Xu [mailto:herb...@gondor.apana.org.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 12:35 PM
> To: Benedetto, Salvatore
> Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] crypto: Key-agreement Protocol Primitives API
> (KPP)
>
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 10:55:46PM +0100, Salvatore Benedetto wrote:
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> +struct kpp_alg {
> + int (*set_secret)(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, void *buffer);
Sorry I think we need to change this. Leaving this with no type
checking between the user and the driver is a recipe for disaster.
I think t
Add key-agreement protocol primitives (kpp) API which allows to
implement primitives required by protocols such as DH and ECDH.
The API is composed mainly by the following functions
* set_secret() - It allows the user to set his secret, also
referred to as his private key, along with the parame
