linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v2 1/2] crypto: add PKE API

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Message-ID: <20150512012158.GA13237@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Tue, 12 May 2015 09:21:59 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, keescook@...omium.org,
	jwboyer@...hat.com, richard@....at, steved@...hat.com,
	qat-linux@...el.com, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	james.l.morris@...cle.com, jkosina@...e.cz,
	zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, davem@...emloft.net, vgoyal@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 1/2] crypto: add PKE API

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 02:45:27PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
>
> What if the fallback doesn't exist?  For instance, a H/W contained key is
> specifically limited to, say, just sign/verify and the not permitted to be
> used for encrypt/decrypt.  How do you provide a fallback given you can't get
> at the key?

That's a transform with a specific key.  I don't see why such a
piece of hardware would even need to be exposed through the crypto
API which is about generic implementations that can take any
arbitrary key.

Cheers,
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