netdev - Re: [PATCH ipsec-next v3] xfrm: add /proc/sys/core/net/xfrm_redact

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Date:   Thu, 20 Aug 2020 15:42:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     antony.antony@...unet.com
Cc:     steffen.klassert@...unet.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, smueller@...onox.de,
        antony@...nome.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec-next v3] xfrm: add
 /proc/sys/core/net/xfrm_redact_secret

From: Antony Antony <antony.antony@...unet.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 20:35:49 +0200

> Redacting secret is a FIPS 140-2 requirement.

Why not control this via the kernel lockdown mode rather than making
an ad-hoc API for this?