Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261835AbVCHFI6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:08:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261853AbVCHFI5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:08:57 -0500 Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.44]:62152 "EHLO smtpout.mac.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261835AbVCHFIx (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:08:53 -0500 In-Reply-To: <11102278521318@2ka.mipt.ru> References: <11102278521318@2ka.mipt.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <1FA9E37C-8F90-11D9-A2CF-000393ACC76E@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: James Morris , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cryptoapi@lists.logix.cz, David Miller , Herbert Xu , Andrew Morton , Fruhwirth Clemens From: Kyle Moffett Subject: Re: [0/many] Acrypto - asynchronous crypto layer for linux kernel 2.6 Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:08:35 -0500 To: Evgeniy Polyakov X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1417 Lines: 42 On Mar 07, 2005, at 15:37, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: > I'm pleased to announce asynchronous crypto layer for Linux kernel 2.6. > It supports following features: > - multiple asynchronous crypto device queues > - crypto session routing > - crypto session binding > - modular load balancing > - crypto session batching genetically implemented by design > - crypto session priority > - different kinds of crypto operation(RNG, asymmetrical crypto, HMAC > and > any other) Did you include support for the new key/keyring infrastructure introduced a couple versions ago by David Howells? It allows userspace to create and manage various sorts of "keys" in kernelspace. If you create and register a few keytypes for various symmetric and asymmetric ciphers, you could then take advantage of its support for securely passing keys around in and out of userspace. Cheers, Kyle Moffett -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM/CS/IT/U d- s++: a18 C++++>$ UB/L/X/*++++(+)>$ P+++(++++)>$ L++++(+++) E W++(+) N+++(++) o? K? w--- O? M++ V? PS+() PE+(-) Y+ PGP+++ t+(+++) 5 X R? tv-(--) b++++(++) DI+ D+ G e->++++$ h!*()>++$ r !y?(-) ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ - 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/