Re: [PATCH 0/2] crypto: remove MD4 generic shash

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On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 at 18:23, Denis Kenzior <denkenz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Ard,
>
> >>   The previous ARC4 removal
> >> already caused some headaches [0].
> >
> > This is the first time this has been reported on an upstream kernel list.
> >
> > As you know, I went out of my way to ensure that this removal would
> > happen as smoothly as possible, which is why I contributed code to
> > both iwd and libell beforehand, and worked with distros to ensure that
> > the updated versions would land before the removal of ARC4 from the
> > kernel.
> >
> > It is unfortunate that one of the distros failed to take that into
> > account for the backport of a newer kernel to an older distro release,
> > but I don't think it is fair to blame that on the process.
>
> Please don't misunderstand, I don't blame you at all.  I was in favor of ARC4
> removal since the kernel AF_ALG implementation was broken and the ell
> implementation had to work around that.  And you went the extra mile to make
> sure the migration was smooth.  The reported bug is still a fairly minor
> inconvenience in the grand scheme of things.
>
> But, I'm not in favor of doing the same for MD4...
>

Fair enough.

> >
> >>   Please note that iwd does use MD4 for MSCHAP
> >> and MSCHAPv2 based 802.1X authentication.
> >>
> >
> > Thanks for reporting that.
> >
> > So what is your timeline for retaining MD4 support in iwd? You are
> > aware that it has been broken since 1991, right? Please, consider
> > having a deprecation path, so we can at least agree on *some* point in
> > time (in 6 months, in 6 years, etc) where we can start culling this
> > junk.
> >
>
> That is not something that iwd has any control over though?  We have to support
> it for as long as there are  organizations using TTLS + MD5 or PEAPv0.  There
> are still surprisingly many today.
>

Does that code rely on MD4 as well?



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