On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 10:41:41AM -0500, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> While its a slightly insane to bypass the key1 == key2 ||
> key2 == key3 check in triple-des, since it reduces it to the
> same strength as des, some folks do need to do this from time
> to time for backwards compatibility with des.
> 
> My own case is FIPS CAVS test vectors. Many triple-des test
> vectors use a single key, replicated 3x. In order to get the
> expected results, des3_ede_setkey() needs to only reject weak
> keys if the CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_WEAK_KEY flag is set.
> 
> Also sets a more appropriate RES flag when a weak key is found.
> 
> This time, hopefully without unintended line wrapping...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <ja...@redhat.com>

Patch applied.  Thanks Jarod!
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