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| author | Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> | 2020-06-10 09:14:37 -0700 |
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| committer | Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com> | 2020-06-15 06:52:16 +0200 |
| commit | be01369859b8aa07346e497381bb46d377da0d8c (patch) | |
| tree | 09d6de8bc19609c6849169fa495ef451e270d8bb /net/ipv6 | |
| parent | 37ea0f18fb19e0646c166037043232915cd9e995 (diff) | |
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esp, ah: modernize the crypto algorithm selections
The crypto algorithms selected by the ESP and AH kconfig options are
out-of-date with the guidance of RFC 8221, which lists the legacy
algorithms MD5 and DES as "MUST NOT" be implemented, and some more
modern algorithms like AES-GCM and HMAC-SHA256 as "MUST" be implemented.
But the options select the legacy algorithms, not the modern ones.
Therefore, modify these options to select the MUST algorithms --
and *only* the MUST algorithms.
Also improve the help text.
Note that other algorithms may still be explicitly enabled in the
kconfig, and the choice of which to actually use is still controlled by
userspace. This change only modifies the list of algorithms for which
kernel support is guaranteed to be present.
Suggested-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Suggested-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Corentin Labbe <clabbe@baylibre.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv6/Kconfig | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/Kconfig b/net/ipv6/Kconfig index 70313f16319d..414a68b16869 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv6/Kconfig @@ -51,7 +51,14 @@ config INET6_AH tristate "IPv6: AH transformation" select XFRM_AH ---help--- - Support for IPsec AH. + Support for IPsec AH (Authentication Header). + + AH can be used with various authentication algorithms. Besides + enabling AH support itself, this option enables the generic + implementations of the algorithms that RFC 8221 lists as MUST be + implemented. If you need any other algorithms, you'll need to enable + them in the crypto API. You should also enable accelerated + implementations of any needed algorithms when available. If unsure, say Y. @@ -59,7 +66,14 @@ config INET6_ESP tristate "IPv6: ESP transformation" select XFRM_ESP ---help--- - Support for IPsec ESP. + Support for IPsec ESP (Encapsulating Security Payload). + + ESP can be used with various encryption and authentication algorithms. + Besides enabling ESP support itself, this option enables the generic + implementations of the algorithms that RFC 8221 lists as MUST be + implemented. If you need any other algorithms, you'll need to enable + them in the crypto API. You should also enable accelerated + implementations of any needed algorithms when available. If unsure, say Y. |