From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KHqh4-0006L6-2C for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:48:06 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KHqh0-0006Kk-Oh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:48:02 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KHqgz-0006KY-9d for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:48:01 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42866 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KHqgz-0006KU-4D for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:48:01 -0400 Received: from ns39764.ovh.net ([91.121.25.85]:41446 helo=nexedi.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KHqgy-000102-Lw for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:48:00 -0400 Received: from [10.8.0.46] (unknown [10.8.0.46]) by nexedi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B9213D991 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:53:27 +0200 (CEST) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:47:59 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <200807080732.41009.okuji@enbug.org> <20080712143921.GD25455@thorin> <200807121659.25589.michael@gorven.za.net> In-Reply-To: <200807121659.25589.michael@gorven.za.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200807130347.59504.okuji@enbug.org> X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: grub to help refund of pre-installations X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:48:03 -0000 On Saturday 12 July 2008 16:59:20 Michael Gorven wrote: > On Saturday 12 July 2008 16:39:21 Robert Millan wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 08:24:33AM +0200, Michael Gorven wrote: > > > On Tuesday 08 July 2008 07:32:40 Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > > > > This news, basically, says that my company will provide a solution to > > > > activating pre-installed software in a computer, after entering an > > > > access code with cryptography, using GRUB 2. > > > > > > I have been working on adding support for encrypted partitions to > > > GRUB2. It includes a generic crypto module with numerous ciphers and > > > hashes, which may be useful to you. My patch[1] is still waiting for > > > further review and for some legal issues to be addressed. > > > > I think what Okuji said means merging it in GRUB 2 is not a prerequisite > > for this plan: > > I agree. I was just pointing out that my work may be useful and could save > him some effort. His module could use the ciphers and hashes from my patch > instead of reimplementing them again. Yes. I will use your patch. I also would like to consider whether or how we should incorporate your patch into the official repository. Since ciphers are useful for many different things, I think the question is only about the API or the code structure. Regards, Okuji