On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 02:16:59PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 03:12:50PM +0300, Vitaly Chikunov wrote: > > Add GOST/IETF Streebog hash function (GOST R 34.11-2012, RFC 6986) > > generic hash transformation with appropriate testmgr and tcrypt > > tests and vectors. > > > > Streebog Hash Function (GOST R 34.11-2012, RFC 6986) is one of the Russian > > cryptographic standard algorithms (called GOST algorithms). > > > > References: > > https://tc26.ru/upload/iblock/fed/feddbb4d26b685903faa2ba11aea43f6.pdf > > https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6986 > > > > Tested using testmgr and tcrypt on x86_64, arm, arm64, and s390x on qemu. > > We don't add algorithms purely used by user-space. > > So please clarify who is going to be using this algorithm *within* > the kernel.
It is the first part of attempts to add to the Integrity subsystem ability of verifying file and module signatures by Russian GOST algorithms. Thanks,
