netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] net/handshake: Add support for PF

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

Date:   Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:32:12 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, hare@...e.com, dhowells@...hat.com,
        kolga@...app.com, jmeneghi@...hat.com, bcodding@...hat.com,
        jlayton@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] net/handshake: Add support for PF_HANDSHAKE

On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:02:22 -0500 Chuck Lever wrote:
> I've designed a way to pass a connected kernel socket endpoint to
> user space using the traditional listen/accept mechanism. accept(2)
> gives us a well-worn building block that can materialize a connected
> socket endpoint as a file descriptor in a specific user space
> process. Like any open socket descriptor, the accepted FD can then
> be passed to a library such as GnuTLS to perform a TLS handshake.

I can't bring myself to like the new socket family layer.
I'd like a second opinion on that, if anyone within netdev
is willing to share..