netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix ESP SA loading (by default)

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Date:	Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:04:58 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix ESP SA loading (by default)

On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 07:37:37AM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> digest_null algorithm is now mandatory for ESP.
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> 
> 	kernel with CONFIG_CRYPTO_NULL=n
> 
> 	#!/usr/sbin/setkey -f
> 	flush;
> 	spdflush;
> 	add 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.42 esp 15701 -E 3des-cbc "123456789012123456789012";

You do realise that this is totally insecure against man-in-the-
middle attacks, right?

We don't make ESP depend on every single algorithm out there.
It is the user's responsibility to turn on esoteric choices.
IMHO the use of encryption without authentication is definitely
non-standard.

Cheers,
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