From: Evgeniy Polyakov Subject: Re: IPsec books and how to add async hardware encryption ? Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:32:51 +0300 Message-ID: <20081031203251.GC32720@ioremap.net> References: <200810311508.48703.djenkins@mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org To: Dean Jenkins Return-path: Received: from cs-studio.ru ([195.178.208.66]:51158 "EHLO tservice.net.ru" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751047AbYJaUcy (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:32:54 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200810311508.48703.djenkins@mvista.com> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 03:08:48PM +0000, Dean Jenkins (djenkins@mvista.com) wrote: > I am having difficulty finding a book that describes IPsec that includes IKEv2 > and is preferably aimed at using Linux crypto. Can anyone recommend such a > book ? There is no such book I believe. > Also, how do I find info on the cypto APIs eg. how to use cryptd (2.6.24 > kernel) ? > > I'm working on a project that uses an embedded hardware encryption engine that > needs to use async off-load. Is cryptd the entity for async hardware crypto > off-loading ? cryptd is an software engine example of how hardware driver could be implemented. -- Evgeniy Polyakov