crypto: zeroization of sensitive data in af_alg

2014-11-09 Thread Stephan Mueller
Hi Herbert, while working on the AF_ALG interface, I saw no active zeroizations of memory that may hold sensitive data that is maintained outside the kernel crypto API cipher handles. I think the following memory segments fall under that category: * message digest * IV

Re: [PATCH v2 01/11] crypto: Documentation - crypto API high level spec

2014-11-09 Thread Stephan Mueller
Am Mittwoch, 5. November 2014, 18:15:12 schrieb Tadeusz Struk: Hi Tadeusz, Hi, On 11/02/2014 12:35 PM, Stephan Mueller wrote: + * type: + - blkcipher for symmetric block ciphers blkcipher for synchronous block ciphers + - ablkcipher for asymmetric block