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-rw-r--r--arch/arm/crypto/Kconfig7
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/crypto/Kconfig7
-rw-r--r--crypto/Kconfig55
3 files changed, 46 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/crypto/Kconfig b/arch/arm/crypto/Kconfig
index d73d19971b87..4b062bf53fa2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
menu "Accelerated Cryptographic Algorithms for CPU (arm)"
config CRYPTO_CURVE25519_NEON
- tristate "NEON accelerated Curve25519 scalar multiplication library"
+ tristate "Public key crypto: Curve25519 (NEON)"
depends on KERNEL_MODE_NEON
select CRYPTO_LIB_CURVE25519_GENERIC
select CRYPTO_ARCH_HAVE_LIB_CURVE25519
+ help
+ Curve25519 algorithm
+
+ Architecture: arm with
+ - NEON (Advanced SIMD) extensions
config CRYPTO_GHASH_ARM_CE
tristate "PMULL-accelerated GHASH using NEON/ARMv8 Crypto Extensions"
diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/Kconfig b/arch/x86/crypto/Kconfig
index 04f4baea12a8..76229ccb79fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
menu "Accelerated Cryptographic Algorithms for CPU (x86)"
config CRYPTO_CURVE25519_X86
- tristate "x86_64 accelerated Curve25519 scalar multiplication library"
+ tristate "Public key crypto: Curve25519 (ADX)"
depends on X86 && 64BIT
select CRYPTO_LIB_CURVE25519_GENERIC
select CRYPTO_ARCH_HAVE_LIB_CURVE25519
+ help
+ Curve25519 algorithm
+
+ Architecture: x86_64 using:
+ - ADX (large integer arithmetic)
config CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL
tristate "AES cipher algorithms (AES-NI)"
diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index e2e364cfa93e..1fda21abb0d1 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -240,51 +240,60 @@ endmenu
menu "Public-key cryptography"
config CRYPTO_RSA
- tristate "RSA algorithm"
+ tristate "RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman)"
select CRYPTO_AKCIPHER
select CRYPTO_MANAGER
select MPILIB
select ASN1
help
- Generic implementation of the RSA public key algorithm.
+ RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) public key algorithm (RFC8017)
config CRYPTO_DH
- tristate "Diffie-Hellman algorithm"
+ tristate "DH (Diffie-Hellman)"
select CRYPTO_KPP
select MPILIB
help
- Generic implementation of the Diffie-Hellman algorithm.
+ DH (Diffie-Hellman) key exchange algorithm
config CRYPTO_DH_RFC7919_GROUPS
- bool "Support for RFC 7919 FFDHE group parameters"
+ bool "RFC 7919 FFDHE groups"
depends on CRYPTO_DH
select CRYPTO_RNG_DEFAULT
help
- Provide support for RFC 7919 FFDHE group parameters. If unsure, say N.
+ FFDHE (Finite-Field-based Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral) groups
+ defined in RFC7919.
+
+ Support these finite-field groups in DH key exchanges:
+ - ffdhe2048, ffdhe3072, ffdhe4096, ffdhe6144, ffdhe8192
+
+ If unsure, say N.
config CRYPTO_ECC
tristate
select CRYPTO_RNG_DEFAULT
config CRYPTO_ECDH
- tristate "ECDH algorithm"
+ tristate "ECDH (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman)"
select CRYPTO_ECC
select CRYPTO_KPP
help
- Generic implementation of the ECDH algorithm
+ ECDH (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman) key exchange algorithm
+ using curves P-192, P-256, and P-384 (FIPS 186)
config CRYPTO_ECDSA
- tristate "ECDSA (NIST P192, P256 etc.) algorithm"
+ tristate "ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm)"
select CRYPTO_ECC
select CRYPTO_AKCIPHER
select ASN1
help
- Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (NIST P192, P256 etc.)
- is A NIST cryptographic standard algorithm. Only signature verification
- is implemented.
+ ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm) (FIPS 186,
+ ISO/IEC 14888-3)
+ using curves P-192, P-256, and P-384
+
+ Only signature verification is implemented.
config CRYPTO_ECRDSA
- tristate "EC-RDSA (GOST 34.10) algorithm"
+ tristate "EC-RDSA (Elliptic Curve Russian Digital Signature Algorithm)"
select CRYPTO_ECC
select CRYPTO_AKCIPHER
select CRYPTO_STREEBOG
@@ -292,31 +301,35 @@ config CRYPTO_ECRDSA
select ASN1
help
Elliptic Curve Russian Digital Signature Algorithm (GOST R 34.10-2012,
- RFC 7091, ISO/IEC 14888-3:2018) is one of the Russian cryptographic
- standard algorithms (called GOST algorithms). Only signature verification
- is implemented.
+ RFC 7091, ISO/IEC 14888-3)
+
+ One of the Russian cryptographic standard algorithms (called GOST
+ algorithms). Only signature verification is implemented.
config CRYPTO_SM2
- tristate "SM2 algorithm"
+ tristate "SM2 (ShangMi 2)"
select CRYPTO_SM3
select CRYPTO_AKCIPHER
select CRYPTO_MANAGER
select MPILIB
select ASN1
help
- Generic implementation of the SM2 public key algorithm. It was
- published by State Encryption Management Bureau, China.
+ SM2 (ShangMi 2) public key algorithm
+
+ Published by State Encryption Management Bureau, China,
as specified by OSCCA GM/T 0003.1-2012 -- 0003.5-2012.
References:
- https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-shen-sm2-ecdsa-02
+ https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-shen-sm2-ecdsa/
http://www.oscca.gov.cn/sca/xxgk/2010-12/17/content_1002386.shtml
http://www.gmbz.org.cn/main/bzlb.html
config CRYPTO_CURVE25519
- tristate "Curve25519 algorithm"
+ tristate "Curve25519"
select CRYPTO_KPP
select CRYPTO_LIB_CURVE25519_GENERIC
+ help
+ Curve25519 elliptic curve (RFC7748)
endmenu