On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:27:52PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 09:12:46AM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: > > > > Hm... FIPS has the requirement that we test all algs before we use any > > algs, self-tests on demand before first use for each alg is > > insufficient. At first blush, I'm not seeing how we ensure this > > happens. How can we trigger a cbc(des3_ede) self-test from userspace? > > I see that modprobe'ing des.ko runs the base des and des3_ede > > self-tests, but modprobe'ing cbc.ko doesn't lead to any self-tests > > being run. > > Once we have a user-space interface crypto API you will be able > to instantiate any given algorithm. > Thats a good idea. Jarod, didn't you create a generic netlink socket family module that created just such an interface for testing purposes? That might be worth polishing and submitting to provide that user space crypto api Neil > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
