Re: ablkcipher algorithm with givencrypt

2009-02-09 Thread Lee Nipper
On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 17:26 -0600, Lee Nipper wrote: > During testing however, it seems that eseqiv_givencrypt doesn't handle a > scatterlist > fully for an already fragmented src. For example, a large ping (> 1460 bytes) > going out causes a scatterlist with two entries within esp_output, but it

ablkcipher algorithm with givencrypt

2009-02-06 Thread Lee Nipper
Herbert, I'm implementing ablkcipher algorithms in talitos and need some clarification. If an ablkcipher crypto algorithm implements .givencrypt with geniv as "" what is the reason that it cannot be used as a building block cipher for an IPsec use case ? I've noticed that if an ablkcipher algor