Re: [PATCH] SCSI: OSD: Kconfig: Select SHA1 and HMAC for OSD Initiator library

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Hi,

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 08/14/2011 04:18 PM, Maxin B John wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Maxin B. John <maxin.john@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> SCSI_OSD_INITIATOR should select CRYPTO_SHA1 and CRYPTO_HMAC. Express this
>>> in Kconfig so that the requirements are met automatically.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Maxin B. John <maxin.john@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> OK So actually current osd_initiator code does not use these libraries.
> It should, and I have very old code that started on that (hence the comment),
> but it was never submitted to Kernel. The OSD protocol calls for all kind of
> security levels that use these, but the current code only supports NO_SEC.
>
> I will keep your patch for when security code goes in. Meanwhile I should
> at least remove the stale comment.

Sorry for the delay in reply. Yes, this makes perfect sense to me.

Cheers,
Maxin
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