Re: key retention service: DH support

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Am Dienstag, 24. Mai 2016, 09:22:22 schrieb Mat Martineau:

Hi Mat, Herbert
> 
> KDF transformations would be extremely useful, but transforming the DH
> output using a KDF needs to be configurable. There are enough different
> uses for DH that it's important to have access to the raw values.
> 
> Since the KDF patches are not yet merged, I'm not sure of the best way to
> accomodate the future feature. We could future-proof KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE by
> adding a 5th arg, an optional pointer to KDF configuration (NAME and
> LABEL). Or a separate KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE_KDF command can be added later.

With that statement, Herbert, should we start looking into my KDF patches 
after the merge window closes?

Ciao
Stephan
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