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authorSabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>2016-03-11 18:07:33 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-03-13 22:40:24 -0400
commitc09440f7dcb304002dfced8c0fea289eb25f2da0 (patch)
tree0919c709606d0ab3d8dd278f82fd158c559a682e /drivers/net/Kconfig
parent3c17578473b9be5a6e7680a45ea97e1d56e13249 (diff)
downloadlinux-c09440f7dcb304002dfced8c0fea289eb25f2da0.tar.bz2
macsec: introduce IEEE 802.1AE driver
This is an implementation of MACsec/IEEE 802.1AE. This driver provides authentication and encryption of traffic in a LAN, typically with GCM-AES-128, and optional replay protection. http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.1AE-2006.pdf Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net> Reviewed-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index f184fb5bd110..2a1ba62b7da2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -193,6 +193,13 @@ config GENEVE
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
will be called geneve.
+config MACSEC
+ tristate "IEEE 802.1AE MAC-level encryption (MACsec)"
+ select CRYPTO_AES
+ select CRYPTO_GCM
+ ---help---
+ MACsec is an encryption standard for Ethernet.
+
config NETCONSOLE
tristate "Network console logging support"
---help---