[oss-gost-crypto] Fwd: Re: Should we consider removing Streebog from the Linux Kernel?

Vitaly Chikunov vt at altlinux.org
Mon Apr 1 14:32:23 MSK 2019


Очередной наброс.

----- Forwarded message from Jordan Glover <Golden_Miller83 at protonmail.ch> -----

Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:51:11 +0000
From: Jordan Glover <Golden_Miller83 at protonmail.ch>
To: Vitaly Chikunov <vt at altlinux.org>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers at kernel.org>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso at mit.edu>, "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason at zx2c4.com>,
	"herbert at gondor.apana.org.au" <herbert at gondor.apana.org.au>, "linux-crypto at vger.kernel.org"
	<linux-crypto at vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Should we consider removing Streebog from the Linux Kernel?

On Monday, April 1, 2019 10:04 AM, Vitaly Chikunov <vt at altlinux.org> wrote:

> >
> > Can you elaborate on why you want to use Streebog? When we added Speck, we
> > explained in great detail why it was useful from a technical perspective (before
> > Adiantum was ready). I don't see any such explanation for Streebog.
>
> Our users demand that file integrity is implemented using their national
> standard algorithm.
>
> Thanks,

Does it mean that every state can demand from Linux kernel to carrying crypto
algorithms of their choice?

Jordan

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