From: "Gautam Singaraju" Subject: Re: RSA support into kernel? Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:23:34 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20070706.040533.30182871.davem@davemloft.net> <20070706133636.GH23191@halcrow.us> <20070706154117.GI23191@halcrow.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org To: "Michael Halcrow" Return-path: Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.228]:51899 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757258AbXGFRXf (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:23:35 -0400 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so265464nze for ; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:23:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20070706154117.GI23191@halcrow.us> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-crypto.vger.kernel.org Ok, I see that there has been a previous attempt been made to support bignum library, hence PKI, in kernel in a project named Cryptomark. Thanks! On 7/6/07, Michael Halcrow wrote: > On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 07:41:18AM -0700, Gautam Singaraju wrote: > > I am considering RSA as an option for research purposes; though I > > need it only for decryption purposes. Any specific reason for > > running the daemon in user space? > > That's where RSA is. > > Mike > .___________________________________________________________________. > Michael A. Halcrow > Security Software Engineer, IBM Linux Technology Center > GnuPG Fingerprint: 419C 5B1E 948A FA73 A54C 20F5 DB40 8531 6DCA 8769 > > panic: kernel trap (ignored) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEVAwUBRo5inNtAhTFtyodpAQNlCQf8Ddk3dymDPMPoVDJHR78KcJ4eSZD0NbDV > Lwlwp54262mYNAfALCrs/t/CcUaJOWl3Zr0zPkWehu73HEsvbUZqVV2swyrgIFZY > kwELd/wA1ii5HJRhzZ9GcL9dJeUQb58aXoepZKmDcjTDjgXFYxSKWRm29h+zj9o0 > z/WwqF5Fzj/YDtTHaCJhSticRaeZvXpPkIjQy4JZoOt1nNagU0dPD7GxZpoRva1k > 0EfRtV97xJEt3eYguBiAx9sb9ndJ5ndpYUZxI4a/NMhdO1s8w2T0fP2yfr6KX0YJ > 5Io4itFZl3S5m9ZdmI8VAFHI13oJEtP/EuqC3VqaP8V4MdtS+MMsWA== > =ckOc > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- --- Gautam