From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add TLS record layer encryption module Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:44:03 +0800 Message-ID: <20140825094403.GA27102@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <1406626353-23309-1-git-send-email-cristian.stoica@freescale.com> <53DAA031.30405@amacapital.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Cristian Stoica , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Andy Lutomirski Return-path: Received: from helcar.apana.org.au ([209.40.204.226]:37968 "EHLO helcar.apana.org.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751222AbaHYJoW (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2014 05:44:22 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <53DAA031.30405@amacapital.net> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 12:59:45PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > What is this used for? AF_ALG? I find it hard to believe that the > kernel will ever want to use this internally. There have been discussions over the years regarding implementing TLS/SSL in the kernel so it is not inconceivable that it might happen one day. Of course I don't think this is the motivation behind this patch set. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt