From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
Harald Freudenberger <freude@linux.ibm.com>,
Holger Dengler <dengler@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] crypto: Remove arch-optimized des and des3_ede code
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:07:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260326210709.GB2657@quark> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260326202733.GA2657@quark>
On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 01:27:33PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 09:20:51PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > On Thu, 2026-03-26 at 13:12 -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > > DES and 3DES are cryptographically obsolete and insecure by modern
> > > standards. Continuing to maintain highly specific, complex assembly and
> > > glue code for them, especially when the code isn't testable in QEMU
> > > (s390 and sparc), is unnecessary and risky.
> >
> > We're working on getting crypto instructions added to QEMU though.
> >
> > Adrian
>
> In general that's good of course, but DES and 3DES? Really? Why is
> effort going into these obsolete algorithms at all?
>
> - Eric
I would suggest focusing your efforts on more modern algorithms, like
AES (which has its own SPARC instructions and code), and not worrying
about DES and 3DES. It's just not worth it anymore. Note that I'm
proposing dropping the x86 DES and 3DES code as well.
- Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-26 21:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-26 20:12 [PATCH 0/3] crypto: Remove arch-optimized des and des3_ede code Eric Biggers
2026-03-26 20:12 ` [PATCH 1/3] crypto: s390 - Remove " Eric Biggers
2026-03-27 8:52 ` Holger Dengler
2026-03-27 17:32 ` Eric Biggers
2026-03-26 20:12 ` [PATCH 2/3] crypto: sparc " Eric Biggers
2026-03-26 20:12 ` [PATCH 3/3] crypto: x86 " Eric Biggers
2026-03-26 20:20 ` [PATCH 0/3] crypto: Remove arch-optimized " John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2026-03-26 20:27 ` Eric Biggers
2026-03-26 21:07 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2026-03-27 9:59 ` Simon Richter
2026-03-27 17:24 ` Eric Biggers
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