Peter: For once I agree with you. Very Respectfully, Stuart Blake Tener, IT3, USNR-R, N3GWG VTU 1904G (Volunteer Training Unit) stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx west coast: (310)-358-0202 P.O. Box 16043, Beverly Hills, CA 90209-2043 east coast: (215)-338-6005 P.O. Box 45859, Philadelphia, PA 19149-5859 Telecopier: (419)-715-6073 fax to email gateway via www.efax.com (it's free!) JOIN THE US NAVY RESERVE, SERVE YOUR COUNTRY, AND BENEFIT FROM IT ALL. Monday, July 09, 2001 4:22 PM -----Original Message----- From: owner-linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of peter k. Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 2:56 PM To: linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Hauke Johannknecht Subject: Re: Announce loop-AES-v1.3b file crypto package > > why dont you understand that its necessary to have 'official' crypto stuff > > for the kernel rather than telling everyone who asks for crypto that the > > official crypto sux and that he should use loop-AES?!!? > > why dont you understand that there is no "official" crypto stuff? > who decides which of the varying implementations is the "official" one? > so far none of them got integrated into the main kernel tree. from the view of a user, official is what you can download from kernel(i).org a user wants to be able to go to kernel(i).org, download a kernel, compile it with crypto support, setup & mount a loopback device and hide his important files, p0rn, whatsoever there without taking care if he is using the right crypto package! so this should be made possible IMHO instead of creating 1000 crypto packages each with its own advantages and disadvantages and all that kernel patching/compiling/installing mess Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/ Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
