linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] Crypto kernel tls socket

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Message-ID: <20151124103455.GB623@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2015 18:34:55 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net,
	Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] Crypto kernel tls socket

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 09:43:02AM -0800, Dave Watson wrote:
> Userspace crypto interface for TLS.  Currently supports gcm(aes) 128bit only,
> however the interface is the same as the rest of the SOCK_ALG interface, so it
> should be possible to add more without any user interface changes.

SOCK_ALG exists to export crypto algorithms to user-space.  So if
we decided to support TLS as an algorithm then I guess this makes
sense.

However, I must say that it wouldn't have been my first pick.  I'd
imagine a TLS socket to look more like a TCP socket, or perhaps a
KCM socket as proposed by Tom.

Thanks,
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