Re: combined mode algorithms

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On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 05:13:58PM -0500, Joy Latten (latten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> I have been reading IP Encapsulating Payload-(ESP) RFC4303 where use of
> combined mode algorithms are mentioned and accommodated for. 
> In trying to determine how I should handle this, I examined the
> crypto code and could not readily recognize any combined mode
> algorithms. Are there any current plans to implement combined mode
> algorithms?  

I think it should be first supported by ipsec stack at least with state,
where SA cold be configured, integrity check for the data/header is not 
a problem after that changes are stable. sha1/encryption is a poor man's
combined algo after all with hash data being ICV :)

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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