netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3] xfrm: Custom truncation lengths for authentication algorithms

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Message-ID: <20091125121038.GA28385@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:10:39 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Martin Willi <martin@...ongswan.org>
Cc:	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] xfrm: Custom truncation lengths for authentication
	algorithms

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:29:50AM +0100, Martin Willi wrote:
> The following patchset adds support for defining truncation lengths
> for authentication algorithms in userspace. The main purpose for this
> is to support SHA256 in IPsec using the standardized 128 bit
> instead of the currently used 96 bit truncation.
> 
> Martin Willi (3):
>   xfrm: Define new XFRM netlink auth attribute with specified
>     truncation bits
>   xfrm: Store aalg in xfrm_state with a user specified truncation
>     length
>   xfrm: Use the user specified truncation length in ESP and AH

Looks great to me.  Thanks Martin!
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