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Message-ID: <20090512190823.GF5019@hmsreliant.think-freely.org>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 15:08:23 -0400
From: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To: Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] crypto: mark algs allowed in fips mode
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 09:52:43AM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> Set the fips_allowed flag in testmgr.c's alg_test_descs[] for algs
> that are allowed to be used when in fips mode.
>
> One caveat: des isn't actually allowed anymore, but des (and thus also
> ecb(des)) has to be permitted, because disallowing them results in
> des3_ede being unable to properly register (see des module init func).
>
> Also, crc32 isn't technically on the fips approved list, but I think
> it gets used in various places that necessitate it being allowed.
>
> This list is based on
> http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cavp/index.html
>
> Important note: allowed/approved here does NOT mean "validated", just
> that its an alg that *could* be validated.
>
> Resending with properly updated patch v2 tag.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
>
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