From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.org>
Cc: Milan Broz <gmazyland@gmail.com>,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: AF_ALG deprecation fallout
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 11:27:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260709152720.GB3342@quark> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5B8D2771-3FBD-4FF0-A2A0-A57120A53F5A@scientia.org>
On Thu, Jul 09, 2026 at 02:38:50PM +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> Hey.
>
> Am 9. Juli 2026 12:47:06 MESZ schrieb Milan Broz <gmazyland@gmail.com>:
> >On 7/8/26 5:01 AM, Eric Biggers wrote:
> >See my explanation here
> >https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/merge_requests/420#note_2520172869
>
> Do you strictly need an RFC?
>
> Nevertheless, I've mailed to the author of draft-irtf-cfrg-xchacha whether he has still any plans with it.
> At least then we'd know if it's worth waiting.
XChaCha is seeing significant use in practice, both in the kernel
already and in the broader community. It is secure if ChaCha is secure.
An RFC would be nice but I would not consider it necessary.
- Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-09 15:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-08 0:31 AF_ALG deprecation fallout Christoph Anton Mitterer
2026-07-08 1:11 ` Eric Biggers
2026-07-08 2:14 ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2026-07-08 3:01 ` Eric Biggers
2026-07-09 10:47 ` Milan Broz
2026-07-09 12:38 ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2026-07-09 15:27 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2026-07-09 15:35 ` Eric Biggers
2026-07-09 17:07 ` Milan Broz
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