Re: [PATCH 11/18] crypto: rename des-rfb cipher to just des

[Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 10:59:17AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> Currently the crypto layer exposes support for a 'des-rfb'
> algorithm which is just normal single-DES, with the bits
> in each key byte reversed. This special key munging is
> required by the RFB protocol password authentication
> mechanism.
> 
> Since the crypto layer is generic shared code, it makes
> more sense to do the key byte munging in the VNC server
> code, and expose normal single-DES support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>

I agree with Markus' suggestion to enhance the commit message.

> +++ b/tests/unit/test-crypto-cipher.c
> @@ -155,28 +155,28 @@ static QCryptoCipherTestData test_data[] = {
>           * in single AES block, and gives identical
>           * ciphertext in ECB and CBC modes
>           */
> -        .path = "/crypto/cipher/des-rfb-ecb-56-one-block",
> -        .alg = QCRYPTO_CIPHER_ALG_DES_RFB,
> +        .path = "/crypto/cipher/des-ecb-56-one-block",
> +        .alg = QCRYPTO_CIPHER_ALG_DES,
>          .mode = QCRYPTO_CIPHER_MODE_ECB,
> -        .key = "0123456789abcdef",
> +        .key = "80c4a2e691d5b3f7",
>          .plaintext = "70617373776f7264",
>          .ciphertext = "73fa80b66134e403",
>      },

This is a rather cute way to avoid recomputing the canonical
.ciphertext due to the change in bit ordering.

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>

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