From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: status of async crypto Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:29:44 +0800 Message-ID: References: Cc: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org To: rshitrit@marvell.com (Ronen Shitrit) Return-path: Received: from rhun.apana.org.au ([64.62.148.172]:1310 "EHLO arnor.apana.org.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753724AbXHGH3r (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2007 03:29:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-crypto.vger.kernel.org Ronen Shitrit wrote: > Hi Herbert > > I found a mailing thread discussing "combined mode algorithms", I think > that this is the main missing link for good async support. > > Are you planning that this combined alg mode will support the async API? Yes that's the main focus right now. > Is there any progress on this direction? I'm working on the infrastructure bits, i.e., setting up a new operation type currently called authenc which sits at the same level as ablkcipher or hash. Joy Latten is looking at CTR, as well as converting IPsec over once the crypto infrastructure is done. Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt