Re: [PATCH 5/7] esp6: Switch to new AEAD interface

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On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 09:16:08AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>
> Thanks for the pointer, but there I do not really see the functionality I am 
> looking for. I see patch 10/16 which seems to indicate that the geniv logic is 
> now to be invoked as a normal AEAD cipher. I yet fail to see where the 
> distinction is made in the code that an IV is to be generated versus the given 
> IV is to be used.

Only IV generators algorithms will generate IV.  The generated IV
will be placed at the start of cipher text.  See patches 14-16 for
the actual implementation.

Cheers,
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