linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cit_encrypt_iv/cit_decrypt

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Message-ID: <20060820225830.GA31693@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:58:30 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
Cc:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cit_encrypt_iv/cit_decrypt_iv for ECB mode

On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 06:49:08PM +0400, Solar Designer wrote:
> 
> Can we maybe define working but IV-ignoring functions for ECB (like I
> did), but use memory-clearing nocrypt*() for CFB and CTR (as long as
> these are not supported)?  Of course, all of these will return -ENOSYS.

In cryptodev-2.6, with block ciphers you can no longer select CFB/CTR
until someone writes support for them so this is no longer an issue.

For 2.4, I don't really mind either way what nocrypt does.

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