From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KQGb0-0006bs-1A for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:04:38 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KQGay-0006bn-Bc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:04:36 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KQGaw-0006bb-0N for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:04:35 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54832 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KQGav-0006bY-RW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:04:33 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:6465) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KQGav-0008Bm-BZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:04:33 -0400 Received: from mta-out.inet.fi ([195.156.147.13] helo=kirsi2.inet.fi) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KQGat-0007cc-Vc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:04:32 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (88.193.32.97) by kirsi2.inet.fi (8.5.014) id 488DC54E0049E640 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:04:31 +0300 Message-ID: <4897FB7F.3090509@nic.fi> Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:04:31 +0300 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmVzYSBKw6TDpHNrZWzDpGluZW4=?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <200807080732.41009.okuji@enbug.org> <20080712143921.GD25455@thorin> <200807121659.25589.michael@gorven.za.net> <200807130347.59504.okuji@enbug.org> In-Reply-To: <200807130347.59504.okuji@enbug.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:04:36 -0000 Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > 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 prerequis= ite >>> 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 p= atch >> instead of reimplementing them again. >=20 > Yes. I will use your patch. I also would like to consider whether or ho= w we=20 > should incorporate your patch into the official repository. Since ciphe= rs are=20 > useful for many different things, I think the question is only about th= e API=20 > or the code structure. Hi, Could you also think about different password hashing schemes and other=20 user authenticity cases while designing this. Thanks, Vesa J=C3=A4=C3=A4skel=C3=A4inen