-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 01:08:37AM +0200, Gisle wrote: > On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Michael T. Babcock wrote: > > In those cases, its often smart to offer the compiling user the option of > > linking against it and creating your own library to do it thats slower as > > well. ./configure --with-lib3des ... they'll have to acquire lib3des on > > their own. This is done with lots of other large packages. > > The code wil be put inside the kernel, and 3DES is already there. Eventually, but that does not help us for 2.0, 2.2 and 2.4 kernels, so it would be easier to include it with the distribution of FreeS/WAN and only use the built-in one if it exists. Eventually, we can ditch it when we stop supporting 2.0, 2.2 and 2.4. > The point is to get a faster version in. I don't think the idea relying > on people puting there own libraries into the kernel is a particularly > good idea. Agreed. > Gisle slainte mhath, RGB - -- Richard Guy Briggs -- PGP key available Auto-Free Ottawa! Canada <www.conscoop.ottawa.on.ca/rgb/> <www.flora.org/afo/> Prevent Internet Wiretapping! -- FreeS/WAN:<www.freeswan.org> Thanks for voting Green! -- <green.ca> Marillion:<www.marillion.co.uk> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOd0fZt+sBuIhFagtAQGeYgQAkjK1gnWBLr6BHWhW6kuTo1OdWtwDpiXt okAt/gJtfhwTIZqyFDh9olt+/XyBkflHF9XHZwzM1yFCRMy5VpJefcapk/JYxQcJ OfNyr9Uw+RFC1h3i5fNjMp9WJG+/4hR+9Wk53jg8mK1/9sw3ZSiebY2QU5aAFlmE KnGJn270Uso= =dcyI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
