Re: Crypto Update for 4.2

From	Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: Crypto Update for 4.2
Date	2015-06-23 06:40 +0200
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On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 09:26:51PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> So it looks to me like those AEAD interface changes already make sure
> to use the full 64 bits of the sequence number.
> 
> But if I'm wrong, please holler. You clearly know both sides of this,
> since you wrote all the patches involved, so I'd like you to
> double-check me.

Yes the AEAD conversion does the right thing and uses the full 64
bits of the sequence number.  In fact it was during that conversion
when I noticed the bug and sent in a fix to Steffen.

Thanks for the heads up!
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Re: Crypto Update for 4.2 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-06-23 06:30 +0200
  Re: Crypto Update for 4.2 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2015-06-23 06:40 +0200

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