Re: Importing libraries for the kernel

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>]

> On Dec 14, 2018, at 6:19 AM, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost> wrote:

> Asymmetrical cryptography is slow and complex. On many architectures,
> the kernel will only be able to use slower non-SIMD implementations. ECC
> still easily requires 10k cycles per operation. The implementation is
> non-trivial in terms of code size and historically riddled with tiny
> tricky issues ranging from corner cases in the math to timing. I haven't
> yet heard a really good argument why the key exchange must be part of
> the kernel beyond the inability of the Linux community to coordinate
> different projects.

Agreed, it's best if that stuff is done in user space.

-- thorpej