linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] crypto: streebog

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Message-ID: <20181012064105.bchujbwoaszrcu3l@sole.flsd.net>
Date:   Fri, 12 Oct 2018 09:41:05 +0300
From:   Vitaly Chikunov <vt@...linux.org>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] crypto: streebog - add Streebog hash function

On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 02:16:59PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 03:12:50PM +0300, Vitaly Chikunov wrote:
> > Add GOST/IETF Streebog hash function (GOST R 34.11-2012, RFC 6986)
> > generic hash transformation with appropriate testmgr and tcrypt
> > tests and vectors.
> > 
> > Streebog Hash Function (GOST R 34.11-2012, RFC 6986) is one of the Russian
> > cryptographic standard algorithms (called GOST algorithms).
> > 
> > References:
> >   https://tc26.ru/upload/iblock/fed/feddbb4d26b685903faa2ba11aea43f6.pdf
> >   https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6986
> > 
> > Tested using testmgr and tcrypt on x86_64, arm, arm64, and s390x on qemu.
> 
> We don't add algorithms purely used by user-space.
> 
> So please clarify who is going to be using this algorithm *within*
> the kernel.

It is the first part of attempts to add to the Integrity subsystem
ability of verifying file and module signatures by Russian GOST
algorithms.

Thanks,