linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/6] fscrypt: use HKDF-SHA512 to derive the per-inode encryption keys

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Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2017 18:18:02 +0200
From:   Stephan Müller <smueller@...onox.de>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>, linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        "Theodore Y . Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>,
        Alex Cope <alexcope@...gle.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] fscrypt: use HKDF-SHA512 to derive the per-inode encryption keys

Am Donnerstag, 13. Juli 2017, 18:07:54 CEST schrieb Herbert Xu:

Hi Herbert,

> Sure.  Though I'd like to see what it looks like before I commit :)

Naturally. :-)

The patches would create an RNG template support. KDFs are not more than 
special-purpose RNGs.

Ciao
Stephan