Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] let the crypto subsystem generate the ecc privkey

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Hi Tudor,

> That Bluetooth SMP knows about the private key is pointless, since the
> detection of debug key usage is actually via the public key portion.
> With this patch set, the Bluetooth SMP will stop keeping a copy of the
> ecdh private key, except when using debug keys. This way we let the
> crypto subsystem to generate and handle the ecdh private key,
> potentially benefiting of hardware ecc private key generation and
> retention.
> 
> Tested with selftest and with btmon and smp-tester on top of hci_vhci,
> with ecdh done in both software and hardware (through atmel-ecc driver).
> All tests passed.
> 
> Tudor Ambarus (2):
>  Bluetooth: move ecdh allocation outside of ecdh_helper
>  Bluetooth: let the crypto subsystem generate the ecc privkey
> 
> net/bluetooth/ecdh_helper.c | 138 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
> net/bluetooth/ecdh_helper.h |   8 ++-
> net/bluetooth/selftest.c    |  29 +++++++---
> net/bluetooth/smp.c         | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
> 4 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 136 deletions(-)

I only saw the cover letter and the patches never made it to the mailing list.

Regards

Marcel




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