Re: [PATCH v9 0/6] SP800-90A Deterministic Random Bit Generator

Herbert Xu
2014-06-20T18:41:46Z

On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 03:43:37PM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the following set of patches implements the deterministic random bit generator
> (DRBG) specified by SP800-90A.
>
> The DRBG implementation offers the following:
>
> * All three DRBG types are implemented with a derivation function.
> * All DRBG types are available with and without prediction resistance.
> * All SHA types of SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512 are available
> for the HMAC and Hash DRBGs.
> * All AES types of AES-128, AES-192 and AES-256 are available for the
> CTR DRBG.
> * A self test is implemented with drbg_healthcheck().
> * The FIPS 140-2 continuous self test is implemented.
> * Additional cipher primitives, such as Serpent or Twofish, can be
> added to the DRBG without changing the implementation. The only
> change necessary is to the DRBG definition given in the cores[]
> array.
>
> As defined in SP800-131A, the ANSI X9.31 DRNG is to be sunset by the end of
> this year for official uses, including FIPS 140-2 compliance.
>
> Additional tests including the CAVS test framework are available at [1].

All applied.
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