From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965397AbXDLBLk (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:11:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030614AbXDLBLk (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:11:40 -0400 Received: from [202.78.101.198] ([202.78.101.198]:45532 "EHLO mail.hq.astra.ph" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965397AbXDLBLj (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:11:39 -0400 Message-ID: <461D871B.6070901@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:10:51 +0800 From: Carlo Florendo User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: JanuGerman Cc: linuxkernel Subject: Re: Security computation within Linux kernel References: <20070408143653.97346.qmail@web86905.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20070408143653.97346.qmail@web86905.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org JanuGerman wrote: > Hi every one, > > I have one question regarding security libraries, already shipped with Linux Kernel. That is, all PKI, RSA libraries, as provided by OpenSSL are already integrated within the linux kernel source code? OR, one have to use OpenSSL seperately in this regard. IIRC, The kernel does some encryption functions, involving TCP, NFS, and IPsec since all these are part of the kernel itself. If you intend to write your own apps that have to use encryption functions, it would be best to use the relevant encryption libraries, such as OpenSSL. Thank you very much. Best Regards, Carlo -- Carlo Florendo Softare Engineer/Network Co-Administrator Astra Philippines Inc. UP-Ayala Technopark, Diliman 1101, Quezon City Philippines http://www.astra.ph -- The Astra Group of Companies 5-3-11 Sekido, Tama City Tokyo 206-0011, Japan http://www.astra.co.jp