linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: remove speck

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Message-ID: <20180807031526.GD5048@thunk.org>
Date:   Mon, 6 Aug 2018 23:15:26 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Paul Crowley <paulcrowley@...gle.com>,
        Greg Kaiser <gkaiser@...gle.com>,
        Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@...gle.com>,
        Samuel Neves <samuel.c.p.neves@...il.com>,
        Tomer Ashur <tomer.ashur@...t.kuleuven.be>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: remove speck

On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 08:12:38PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> I mention this because people are naturally going to be curious about that, e.g.
> speculating that Google found a "backdoor" -- remember that we do have some good
> cryptographers!  I'm just stating what we know, out of honesty and openness; I
> don't really intend to be arguing for Speck with this statement, and in any case
> we already made the decision to not use Speck.

Let's be clear --- the arguments about whether or not to use Speck,
and whether or not to remove Speck from the kernel, are purely
political --- not techinical.

						- Ted