From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] crypto: af_alg - add TLS type encryption Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:52:50 +0800 Message-ID: <20160408025250.GA7596@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <20160306012044.6369.63924.stgit@tstruk-mobl1> <20160405112940.GB11852@gondor.apana.org.au> <57054DBC.8010507@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Tadeusz Struk Return-path: Received: from helcar.hengli.com.au ([209.40.204.226]:46863 "EHLO helcar.hengli.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753274AbcDHCxC (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Apr 2016 22:53:02 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <57054DBC.8010507@intel.com> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 10:56:12AM -0700, Tadeusz Struk wrote: > > The intend is to enable HW acceleration of the TLS protocol. > The way it will work is that the user space will send a packet of data > via AF_ALG and HW will authenticate and encrypt it in one go. There have been suggestions to implement TLS data-path within the kernel. So we should decide whether we pursue that or go with your approach before we start adding algorithms. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt