I saw some crypto and hash stuff in a recent kernel, but I don't know what problem it is supposed to solve.
/ Mirar
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2003-01-28 14:13: Subject: Re: OpenSSL wrapper vs Pike's SSL (Was: Bz2)
I read some openbsd code a while ago. I think they use some special devices and ioctls to install keys, etc. IIRC that was an AES hardware. Public key stuff is a little different, as you may have a smartcard with a private key in it, which is supposed to never leave that smart card.
I don't know what openssl does, I have only second hand information that it is a huge kludge ;-)
It would be cool to add some hardware support to nettle (it would be an orthogonal feature, the application would have to choose between software and hardware). But I don't have niether hardware to play with nor a spec. Does linux have any real support for hardware crypto yet? Does there exist any spec for either of the linux or openbsd api:s?
/ Niels Möller ()