Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] crypto: kdf - SP800-108 Key Derivation Function

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On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 11:25:33AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>> I was thinking of the DRBG implementation: decouple it from the underlying 
> ciphers. Though, I am not fully sure that will work as there are several 
> specific settings that depend on the underlying ciphers (e.g. the state of a 
> Hash DRBG with SHA-256 is 444 bits whereas a Hash DRBG with SHA-512 has 888 
> bits).

The only reason DRBG is in crypto is because it implements stdrng.

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