Re: idea: MAC level compression & crypto
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
28 Aug 1999 21:26:23 GMT
Followup to: <85iu5z7loc.fsf@lame.durables.org>
By author: Robert Walsh <rjwalsh@durables.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> > > why there can not be HOOKS in kernel ?
> > > they arent crypto...
> >
> > Tell that to the US government. It sucks basically.
>
> When I was working on security systems (back when I lived in Ireland)
> we couldn't put hooks in our code either because the French government
> would not accept the software if we did. You couldn't even put the
> crypto stuff inside a shared library in case someone preloaded
> something else... I guess it's not just the US government.
>
The French government got a clue and dropped their crypto opposition.
The U.S. government is getting more clue-impaired the deeper they dig
themselves in.
-hpa
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