From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom St Denis Subject: Re: IPsec AH use of ahash Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:35:33 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <396283550.90353.1358537733820.JavaMail.root@elliptictech.com> References: <20130116062104.GA18940@secunet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, davem@davemloft.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Steffen Klassert Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20130116062104.GA18940@secunet.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Any "maintainers" going to reply to this at all? Tom ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steffen Klassert" > To: "Tom St Denis" > Cc: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, davem@davemloft.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org > Sent: Wednesday, 16 January, 2013 1:21:04 AM > Subject: Re: IPsec AH use of ahash > > Please Cc netdev@vger.kernel.org on all networking related topics. > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:51:48AM -0500, Tom St Denis wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > The AH4/6 code uses ahash to perform the MAC calculation but this > > precludes the availability of GMAC to the user. Are there any > > plans to port the AH code over to the aead API so that it can use > > potentially any algo available to the user? > > > > There was no need for this by now, but you are welcome > to send patches. >