Peter:
There is a "one-better" solution. If the kernel were integrated with
all the links to have crypto, and dummy crypto modules were supplied (that
did nothing with the clear text, basically passing back exactly what it
receives), then all that would be necessary is to replace the bogus modules
with real modules to gain crypto abilities.
Very Respectfully,
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Monday, July 09, 2001 5:00 PM
-----Original Message-----
From: peter k. [mailto:spam-goes-to-dev-null@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 4:57 PM
To: stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Using Crypto under LM8+2.4.6
> A better solution (IMHO) would be to create an I-patch that does not choke
> on most distributions, and does not REQUIRE the Linus kernel to work.
well, imho the best solution would be to completely integrate crypto into
all kernels, especially into the linus one as it at least seems as the
official one to the most users....
afaik the only problem about that is that crypto isnt allowed in all
countries which was the cause of creating the I-patch, if crypto was
integrated into the kernel the whole thing would be illegal in those
countries....
i would just solve it like that: put some script "patch-crypto" into the
kernel tree so the user can download "crypto.tar.bz2" if crypto is allowed
in his country and then just run "patch-crypto crypto.tar.bz2" which will do
*all* the patching of the kernel
Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system
Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
