Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262981AbTIGA4p (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Sep 2003 20:56:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262982AbTIGA4p (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Sep 2003 20:56:45 -0400 Received: from h80ad253e.async.vt.edu ([128.173.37.62]:29826 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262981AbTIGA4o (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Sep 2003 20:56:44 -0400 Message-Id: <200309070021.h870LaJe027827@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: Erlend Aasland Cc: "David S. Miller" , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [CRYPTO] add alg. type to /proc/crypto output In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 06 Sep 2003 12:08:18 +0200." <20030906100818.GA24931@johanna5.ux.his.no> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20030905143859.GA18143@johanna5.ux.his.no> <20030905073403.0b939b0a.davem@redhat.com> <20030906100818.GA24931@johanna5.ux.his.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_760058760P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 20:21:36 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1148 Lines: 33 --==_Exmh_760058760P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 12:08:18 +0200, Erlend Aasland said: > On 09/05/03 07:34, David S. Miller wrote: > > When you see names like "md5" and parameters such as "digestsize" > > listed, do you really have no clue that it is a "digest"? :-) > Good point. On the flip side, it makes it possible for an *AUTOMATED* process to search for appropriate types of entries. So for instance, a GUI can say "The following 3 digest functions are available, please choose one" or "The following 4 symmetric encryptions are available"..... --==_Exmh_760058760P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE/WnoQcC3lWbTT17ARAnATAKDJMshdyPKIjriMfuSwXiOp/X9JwgCglshY 9z2Xg23pKa3JsLpT3HlwU8E= =O5jI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_760058760P-- - 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/