Re: [RFC PATCH 4/7] crypto: remove ARC4 support from the skcipher API

2020-08-04 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 at 10:06, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 at 11:18, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 at 02:04, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 20:21, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 19:50, Eric Biggers wrote:

Re: [RFC PATCH 4/7] crypto: remove ARC4 support from the skcipher API

2020-07-25 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 at 11:18, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 at 02:04, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 20:21, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 19:50, Eric Biggers wrote: > > > > > > > > [+linux-wireless, Marcel Holtmann, and Denis Kenzior

Re: [RFC PATCH 4/7] crypto: remove ARC4 support from the skcipher API

2020-07-18 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 at 02:04, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 20:21, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 19:50, Eric Biggers wrote: > > > > > > [+linux-wireless, Marcel Holtmann, and Denis Kenzior] > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 12:19:44PM +0200, Ard Biesheuve

Re: [RFC PATCH 4/7] crypto: remove ARC4 support from the skcipher API

2020-07-02 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 20:21, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 19:50, Eric Biggers wrote: > > > > [+linux-wireless, Marcel Holtmann, and Denis Kenzior] > > > > On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 12:19:44PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > Remove the generic ecb(arc4) skcipher, which is sligh

Re: [RFC PATCH 4/7] crypto: remove ARC4 support from the skcipher API

2020-07-02 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 19:50, Eric Biggers wrote: > > [+linux-wireless, Marcel Holtmann, and Denis Kenzior] > > On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 12:19:44PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > Remove the generic ecb(arc4) skcipher, which is slightly cumbersome from > > a maintenance perspective, since it does n

Re: [RFC PATCH 4/7] crypto: remove ARC4 support from the skcipher API

2020-07-02 Thread Eric Biggers
[+linux-wireless, Marcel Holtmann, and Denis Kenzior] On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 12:19:44PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > Remove the generic ecb(arc4) skcipher, which is slightly cumbersome from > a maintenance perspective, since it does not quite behave like other > skciphers do in terms of key vs

[RFC PATCH 4/7] crypto: remove ARC4 support from the skcipher API

2020-07-02 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
Remove the generic ecb(arc4) skcipher, which is slightly cumbersome from a maintenance perspective, since it does not quite behave like other skciphers do in terms of key vs IV lifetime. Since we are leaving the library interface in place, which is used by the various WEP and TKIP implementations w