crypto: doc - remove references to ARC4
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PATCH 1/1 crypto: doc - remove references to ARC4
From: Eric Biggers <[email protected]>
arc4 is no longer considered secure, so it shouldn't be used, even as just an example. Mention serpent and chacha20 instead.
Signed-off-by Eric Biggers <[email protected]>
--- Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst +2 -2
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ follows: Single-Block Symmetric Ciphers [CIPHER] --------------------------------------- -Example of transformations: aes, arc4, ... +Example of transformations: aes, serpent, ... This section describes the simplest of all transformation implementations, that being the CIPHER type used for symmetric ciphers.
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ is also valid: Multi-Block Ciphers ------------------- -Example of transformations: cbc(aes), ecb(arc4), ... +Example of transformations: cbc(aes), chacha20, ... This section describes the multi-block cipher transformation implementations. The multi-block ciphers are used for transformations
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2.24.0
Quoted 7 lines · Eric Biggers
From: Eric Biggers <[email protected]>
arc4 is no longer considered secure, so it shouldn't be used, even as just an example. Mention serpent and chacha20 instead.
Signed-off-by Eric Biggers <[email protected]>
Acked-by Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]>
Quoted 29 lines
--- Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst +2
-3@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ follows: Single-Block Symmetric Ciphers [CIPHER] --------------------------------------- -Example of transformations: aes, arc4, ... +Example of transformations: aes, serpent, ... This section describes the simplest of all transformation implementations, that being the CIPHER type used for symmetric ciphers.@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ is also valid: Multi-Block Ciphers ------------------- -Example of transformations: cbc(aes), ecb(arc4), ... +Example of transformations: cbc(aes), chacha20, ... This section describes the multi-block cipher transformation implementations. The multi-block ciphers are used for transformations --2.24.0
Herbert Xu
maintainerQuoted 9 lines · Eric Biggers
From: Eric Biggers <[email protected]>
arc4 is no longer considered secure, so it shouldn't be used, even as just an example. Mention serpent and chacha20 instead.
Signed-off-by Eric Biggers <[email protected]>---
Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst| 4 ++--1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Patch applied. Thanks.
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