Re: linux-ipsec: RE: [OFFTOPIC]Re: FW: Crypto: [PsuedoOfftopic]: Crypto Offload

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
Date: Wed Aug 02 2000 - 23:07:30 EST


Followup to: <3988EA07.F804D16B@pobox.com>
By author: "Michael T. Babcock" <mikebabcock@pobox.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I think the agreed-upon best place for this type of work is in openssl, the
> common denominator library for encryption.
>

This doesn't work for IPSec, or the loopback crypto device, etc, etc.
We do need an in-kernel API as well.

        -hpa

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