From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762825AbXGFHP6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jul 2007 03:15:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762632AbXGFHPr (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jul 2007 03:15:47 -0400 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.181]:33415 "EHLO wa-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762604AbXGFHPq (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jul 2007 03:15:46 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Snv3F7ZAfXljxd3fW9OpHfvE+5t0xHuKJK2Fn0PG14FSPO8l6DbplJnnBm94Fvy6qCFtb1vyh6sbzAi35CmrpJ0ZHsVABbb1McEGbq4hxd6bu55z2mMVcClGUW6g3GJXMjI8B0nvolE2raUdU86kIDV41KwFnz7wwQW1J4nkAbk= Message-ID: <468DEC1B.6010301@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:45:39 +0530 From: jimmy bahuleyan User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gautam Singaraju CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RSA support into kernel? References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 OpenPGP: url=subkeys.pgp.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Gautam Singaraju wrote: > Is there any attempt being made to provide software based RSA > cryptographic support in kernel? I see that Linux supports > Hardware based cryptographic devices (VIA Padlock ACE). How is the > performance of such hardware? How well are these devices supported? > -GS i fail to see why the kernel should provide software RSA support? The hardware support that you're talking about are device drivers for chips, not a cryptographic interface. -jb -- Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.