* RSA support into kernel? [not found] <f8b2ccd40707051548w275a1575oaaddffd40d9a9163@mail.gmail.com> @ 2007-07-06 0:53 ` Gautam Singaraju 2007-07-06 7:15 ` jimmy bahuleyan 2007-07-06 10:22 ` Heikki Orsila 0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Gautam Singaraju @ 2007-07-06 0:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-kernel 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: RSA support into kernel? 2007-07-06 0:53 ` RSA support into kernel? Gautam Singaraju @ 2007-07-06 7:15 ` jimmy bahuleyan 2007-07-06 10:22 ` Heikki Orsila 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: jimmy bahuleyan @ 2007-07-06 7:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gautam Singaraju; +Cc: linux-kernel 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. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: RSA support into kernel? 2007-07-06 0:53 ` RSA support into kernel? Gautam Singaraju 2007-07-06 7:15 ` jimmy bahuleyan @ 2007-07-06 10:22 ` Heikki Orsila 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Heikki Orsila @ 2007-07-06 10:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gautam Singaraju; +Cc: linux-kernel On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 05:53:11PM -0700, Gautam Singaraju wrote: > Is there any attempt being made to provide software based RSA > cryptographic support in kernel? I fail to see how it would be useful. RSA is such a slow operation that doing it in userspace is efficient and safer. -- Heikki Orsila Barbie's law: heikki.orsila@iki.fi "Math is hard, let's go shopping!" http://www.iki.fi/shd ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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