linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 0/2] crypto: Introduce Public Key Encryption API

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Date:	Fri, 01 May 2015 16:53:42 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, corbet@....net,
	keescook@...omium.org, qat-linux@...el.com, jwboyer@...hat.com,
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	james.l.morris@...cle.com, jkosina@...e.cz,
	zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, davem@...emloft.net, jdelvare@...e.de,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/2] crypto: Introduce Public Key Encryption API

Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com> wrote:

> As part of the rework the enum pkey_algo has been removed as the algorithm
> to allocate will be indicated by a string - for instance "rsa" or "dsa",

No.  That number is exposed outside of the kernel.

Actually, if you can integrate:

	http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/log/?h=modsign-pkcs7

then we can replace the exposed number with OIDs.

David
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