netdev - Re: [PATCH net] macsec: key identifier is 128 bits, not 64

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20160509.000924.1876830470382020347.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 09 May 2016 00:09:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sd@...asysnail.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] macsec: key identifier is 128 bits, not 64

From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Date: Sat,  7 May 2016 20:19:29 +0200

> The MACsec standard mentions a key identifier for each key, but
> doesn't specify anything about it, so I arbitrarily chose 64 bits.
> 
> IEEE 802.1X-2010 specifies MKA (MACsec Key Agreement), and defines the
> key identifier to be 128 bits (96 bits "member identifier" + 32 bits
> "key number").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
> Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

Applied.