On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 01:31:30AM -0500, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > I'd like to enhance the cryptosoft driver to support bignum and public key > operations. This will make it more useful as a reference for testing > applications that use /dev/crypto, and also allow us to rely on the presence > of asymmetric crypto in the kernel for applications such as executable > signing. > > Does anyone object? I will likely use the code from LibTomCrypt, which > is public domain -- the code in OpenSSL is just too hairy. Sounds good. I think this might be something we want to keep as an option for the places that don't need it, but in general I think this is a good idea. Actually, I think it's a great idea. I realize this is moving in a direction we've tended to avoid in the past, but I think we need to do it to support features people are starting to expect. Take care, Bill
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