netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3] crypto: af_alg

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Date:	Thu, 7 Apr 2016 23:58:50 -0300
From:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	davejwatson@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] crypto: af_alg - add TLS type encryption

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 11:52 PM, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 10:56:12AM -0700, Tadeusz Struk wrote:
>>
>> The intend is to enable HW acceleration of the TLS protocol.
>> The way it will work is that the user space will send a packet of data
>> via AF_ALG and HW will authenticate and encrypt it in one go.
>
> There have been suggestions to implement TLS data-path within
> the kernel.  So we should decide whether we pursue that or go
> with your approach before we start adding algorithms.
>
Yes, please see Dave Watson's patches on this.

Tom

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