Re: [PATCH 0/3] crypto: Remove arch-optimized des and des3_ede code

From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz

Date: Thu Mar 26 2026 - 16:21:11 EST


On Thu, 2026-03-26 at 13:12 -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> DES and 3DES are cryptographically obsolete and insecure by modern
> standards. Continuing to maintain highly specific, complex assembly and
> glue code for them, especially when the code isn't testable in QEMU
> (s390 and sparc), is unnecessary and risky.

We're working on getting crypto instructions added to QEMU though.

Adrian


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