From: Pavel Roskin <proski-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
<sebastian-E0PNVn5OA6ohrxcnuTQ+TQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Herbert Xu
<herbert-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>,
linux-crypto-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Convert arc4 from a cipher into a block cipher
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:33:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1270499625.28743.37.camel@mj> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1270280969-11357-1-git-send-email-sebastian-E0PNVn5OA6ohrxcnuTQ+TQ@public.gmane.org>
On Sat, 2010-04-03 at 09:49 +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> This patch series converts arc4 into a block cipher and converts all its
> users (except those in staging) to use it. The first two patches ensure
> that two implementations can coexist, the following patches convert each
> user so we remain bisectable.
> - lib80211_crypt_tkip was tested with ipw2200
> - mac80211 was tested with zd1211rw
Are you trying to speed up arc4? Or you want to simplify the code? Or
maybe you are trying to make arc4 unsuitable for anything other than WEP
and TKIP? The later should be fine, actually, considering the known
security issues.
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Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-05 20:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-03 7:49 Convert arc4 from a cipher into a block cipher Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2010-04-03 7:49 ` [PATCH 1/7] crypto: rename arc4 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2010-04-03 7:49 ` [PATCH 3/7] crypto/testmgr: add testing for arc4 based on ecb(arc4) Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2010-04-07 6:29 ` Pavel Roskin
2010-04-07 9:29 ` Herbert Xu
[not found] ` <20100407092907.GB29993-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
2010-04-08 7:58 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2010-04-03 7:49 ` [PATCH 4/7] net/wireless: switch lib80211_crypt_tkip from arc4 to arc4blk Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
[not found] ` <1270280969-11357-5-git-send-email-sebastian-E0PNVn5OA6ohrxcnuTQ+TQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-04-05 17:13 ` John W. Linville
2010-04-03 7:49 ` [PATCH 5/7] net/wireless: switch lib80211_crypt_wep " Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2010-04-05 17:13 ` John W. Linville
2010-04-03 7:49 ` [PATCH 6/7] net/mac80211: convert wep " Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2010-04-05 17:15 ` John W. Linville
2010-04-03 7:49 ` [PATCH 7/7] net/ppp_mppe: convert " Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
[not found] ` <1270280969-11357-1-git-send-email-sebastian-E0PNVn5OA6ohrxcnuTQ+TQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-04-03 7:49 ` [PATCH 2/7] crypto: add blkcipher implementation of ARC4 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2010-04-05 8:42 ` Herbert Xu
2010-04-05 17:04 ` [PATCH v2] " Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2010-04-06 12:44 ` Herbert Xu
2010-04-06 20:30 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2010-04-07 0:31 ` Herbert Xu
2010-04-07 8:23 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2010-04-07 9:25 ` Herbert Xu
2010-04-07 6:19 ` Pavel Roskin
2010-04-07 8:29 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2010-04-07 16:31 ` Pavel Roskin
2010-04-05 20:33 ` Pavel Roskin [this message]
2010-04-06 0:39 ` Convert arc4 from a cipher into a block cipher Herbert Xu
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