Re: PBKDF2 support in the linux kernel

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On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 5:11 AM, Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 24. Mai 2018, 10:33:07 CEST schrieb Rafael J. Wysocki:
>
> Hi Rafael,
>
>> So the problem is that Yu would like to use this for hibernation encryption
>> done entirely in the kernel.
>
> But why do you need to perform PBKDF in kernel space?

I may be mis-parsing things, but using audited kernel code is a matter
of governance and good security engineering. I don't believe it is not
a matter of laziness.

If he/she were to add their own userland code then he would surely be
criticized for rolling his own implementation.

Jeff



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