Re: [PATCH] crypto: cts: document NIST standard status

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On 5 November 2018 at 13:05, Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> cts(cbc(aes)) as used in the kernel has been added to NIST
> standard as CBC-CS3. Document it as such.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  crypto/Kconfig | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
> index f7a235d..9176023 100644
> --- a/crypto/Kconfig
> +++ b/crypto/Kconfig
> @@ -430,11 +430,14 @@ config CRYPTO_CTS
>         help
>           CTS: Cipher Text Stealing
>           This is the Cipher Text Stealing mode as described by
> -         Section 8 of rfc2040 and referenced by rfc3962.
> -         (rfc3962 includes errata information in its Appendix A)
> +         Section 8 of rfc2040 and referenced by rfc3962
> +         (rfc3962 includes errata information in its Appendix A) or
> +         CBC-CS3 as defined by NIST in Sp800-38A addendum from Oct 2010.
>           This mode is required for Kerberos gss mechanism support
>           for AES encryption.
>
> +         See: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-38a/addendum/final
> +
>  config CRYPTO_ECB
>         tristate "ECB support"
>         select CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER
> --
> 2.7.4
>



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