netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv4+ipv6: Make INET*_ESP select CRYPTO

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2016 21:56:28 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Thomas Egerer <hakke_007@....de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv4+ipv6: Make INET*_ESP select CRYPTO_ECHAINIV

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:58:44PM +0100, Thomas Egerer wrote:
> The ESP algorithms using CBC mode require echainiv. Hence INET*_ESP have
> to select CRYPTO_ECHAINIV in order to work properly. This solves the
> issues caused by a misconfiguration as described in [1].
> The original approach, patching crypto/Kconfig was turned down by
> Herbert Xu [2].
> 
> [1] https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2015-December/009074.html
> [2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=145224655809562&w=2
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Egerer <hakke_007@....de>

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
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