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Comment by eqvinox

7 hours ago

If neither a hardware component nor kernel key management is involved, crypto should be done in userspace, end of sentence.

The more I think about it, the more I think it should be behind CAP_SYS_ADMIN, or a new CAP_KCRYPT (better name TBD. CAP_CRYPT_OFFLOAD?)

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angry_octet  5 hours ago

Yes it should definitely require a capability.

Still a risk that some admin-enabled method (like enabling an IPsec VPN) provides a path to it, but would reduce the potential for crafting weird inputs.