linux-kernel - Re: [RFC ipsec-next] xfrm: make sha256 icv truncation length RFC-compliant

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Date:	Thu, 22 May 2014 18:03:36 +0200
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@...escale.com>,
	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Lei Xu <Lei.Xu@...escale.com>,
	Sandeep Malik <Sandeep.Malik@...escale.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC ipsec-next] xfrm: make sha256 icv truncation length RFC-compliant

Le 22/05/2014 17:10, Horia Geanta a écrit :
> From: Lei Xu <Lei.Xu@...escale.com>
>
> Currently the sha256 icv truncation length is set to 96bit
> while the length is defined as 128bit in RFC4868.
> This may result in somer errors when working with other IPsec devices
> with the standard truncation length.
> Thus, change the sha256 truncation length from 96bit to 128bit.
The patch was already proposed, but it was kept as-is for userspace
compatibility.

See: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/7/431

Regards,
Nicolas
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