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crypto: ansi_cprng - Remove unused ansi_cprng algorithm

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Remove ansi_cprng, since it's obsolete and unused, as confirmed at
https://lore.kernel.org/r/aQxpnckYMgAAOLpZ@gondor.apana.org.au/

This was originally added in 2008, apparently as a FIPS approved random
number generator.  Whether this has ever belonged upstream is
questionable.  Either way, ansi_cprng is no longer usable for this
purpose, since it's been superseded by the more modern algorithms in
crypto/drbg.c, and FIPS itself no longer allows it.  (NIST SP 800-131A
Rev 1 (2015) says that RNGs based on ANSI X9.31 will be disallowed after
2015.  NIST SP 800-131A Rev 2 (2019) confirms they are now disallowed.)

Therefore, there is no reason to keep it around.

Suggested-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Haotian Zhang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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Eric Biggers
2025-11-13 18:57:08 -08:00
committed by Herbert Xu
parent 79492d5adf
commit c7dcb041ce
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@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_LZ4HC) += lz4hc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_XXHASH) += xxhash_generic.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_842) += 842.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_RNG2) += rng.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_ANSI_CPRNG) += ansi_cprng.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_DRBG) += drbg.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY) += jitterentropy_rng.o
CFLAGS_jitterentropy.o = -O0