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Bug 484256 - net-misc/strongswan - Add USE=gcm
Summary: net-misc/strongswan - Add USE=gcm
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Patrick Lauer
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Reported: 2013-09-08 16:21 UTC by Brian
Modified: 2014-09-13 14:20 UTC (History)
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Description Brian 2013-09-08 16:21:24 UTC 
strongSwan has support for the GCM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/Counter_Mode) mode of operation for AES but requires a configuration option to compile the plugin.  I spent quite a while attempting to troubleshoot connectivity problems with a Ubuntu 12.04.3 server only to find that my Gentoo box was lacking this gcm plugin.

Reproducible: Always




The configuration option for strongSwan is "--enable-gcm"
Comment 1 Brian 2013-09-08 16:51:36 UTC 
It looks like net-libs/cyassl has a USE aes-gcm option already.  I'm not sure if GCM is necessarily limited to only AES but, for strongSwan, all GCM options are for AES.  Instead of USE=gcm, you could use USE=aes-gcm.
Comment 2 Bjarke Istrup Pedersen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2014-09-13 14:20:26 UTC 
Fixed in 5.2.0-r1 , the use-flag is called "strongswan_plugins_gcm"