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From: arjan@fenrus.demon.nl
To: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
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Subject: Re: crypto (was Re: Congrats Marcelo,)
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In article <1014759355.1109.31.camel@phantasy> you wrote:
> Besides IPsec, what crypto is there for the kernel?  I've never really
> understood what "crypto in the kernel means" since it all should be a
> userspace thing.

loopback mount crypto. you want the actual crypts in kernel to avoid 2
context switches per block you read.

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