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| From | Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version |
| Date | 2016-12-11 16:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sNeoh-OU-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <sLUUF-7mL-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <sLZ7Y-1LZ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <sMYjw-7Ui-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <sN6Ap-4DD-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <sNdLA-mT-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
> 3. Add 3 bytes of padding, set to zero, to the encrypted section just
> before the IP header, marked for future use.
> Pros: satisfies IETF mantras, can use those extra bits in the future
> for interesting protocol extensions for authenticated peers.
> Cons: lowers MTU, marginally more difficult to implement but still
> probably just one or two lines of code.
I'm not a crypto expert, but does this not give you a helping hand in
breaking the crypto? You know the plain text value of these bytes, and
where they are in the encrypted text.
Andrew
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Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2016-12-07 19:40 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> - 2016-12-07 19:50 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2016-12-07 20:00 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-12-07 21:00 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2016-12-08 01:40 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-12-08 01:40 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2016-12-08 23:30 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-12-09 00:20 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> - 2016-12-11 09:10 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2016-12-11 11:50 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> - 2016-12-10 13:30 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2016-12-10 14:30 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> - 2016-12-10 21:20 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> - 2016-12-10 21:40 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2016-12-10 21:40 +0100
RE: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM> - 2016-12-12 17:20 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2016-12-12 17:40 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-12-07 20:00 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> - 2016-12-08 01:40 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> - 2016-12-08 06:10 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Jiri Benc <jbenc@redhat.com> - 2016-12-09 12:30 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Dan Lüdtke <mail@danrl.com> - 2016-12-10 23:30 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-11 08:20 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2016-12-11 16:00 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2016-12-11 16:40 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> - 2016-12-11 16:40 +0100
Re: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> - 2016-12-11 17:50 +0100
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