Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262817AbTELWEs (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2003 18:04:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262864AbTELWEj (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2003 18:04:39 -0400 Received: from 216-239-45-4.google.com ([216.239.45.4]:54299 "EHLO 216-239-45-4.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262817AbTELWEC (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2003 18:04:02 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 15:16:29 -0700 From: Frank Cusack To: James Morris Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulus@samba.org Subject: Re: MPPE in kernel? Message-ID: <20030512151629.D30310@google.com> References: <20030512045929.C29781@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from jmorris@intercode.com.au on Tue, May 13, 2003 at 12:59:19AM +1000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1034 Lines: 25 On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 12:59:19AM +1000, James Morris wrote: > On Mon, 12 May 2003, Frank Cusack wrote: > > > What are the chances of getting MPPE (PPP encryption) into the 2.4.21 > > and/or 2.5.x kernels? > > > > For 2.4.21, sha1 and arcfour code needs to be added, so I don't have > > too much hope :-) even though the code is trivial to integrate. > > > > For 2.5.x, just the arcfour code is needed (since sha1 is already there). > > I've written a public domain implementation, which I'd be willing to > > relicense under GPL (although I don't see the point), but in any case > > the algorithm is easy and could be written by anyone. > > One issue is that there is no support in the crypto API yet for stream > ciphers. Doesn't need it, AFAICT. The caller keeps the state. /fc - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/