Re: [Cryptodev-linux-devel] [PATCH] allow updating the IV in userspace

2011-01-22 Thread Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
On 01/18/2011 01:18 PM, Phil Sutter wrote: > When the user has specified COP_FLAG_WRITE_IV in crypt_op.flags, the > updated IV will be written back to userspace. This is useful for > encryption of continuous data in several steps, without having to care > for each cipher's inerna. > > Protecting t

[Cryptodev-linux-devel] [PATCH] allow updating the IV in userspace

2011-01-18 Thread Phil Sutter
When the user has specified COP_FLAG_WRITE_IV in crypt_op.flags, the updated IV will be written back to userspace. This is useful for encryption of continuous data in several steps, without having to care for each cipher's inerna. Protecting this functionality by a flag allows for backwards compat