On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 09:10:43AM +0200, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote: > > just to let you know, what the crypto patch code status is in at the > moment; > > > * BUG: block size problem > fixed, if you enable the 512-byte IV option > (btw, I've seen the latest recent kernels added the blocksize set/get Have you been following the discussion between Linus, HPA and others on changes to the way virtual/physical blocks are being handled? It might have a positive impact on us by means of making the whole low level VFS services cleaner and faster. > ioctl's... just as a sidenote...) > > * kernel bloat. This is probably a non-issue. Linus > btw, I don't see any major kernel bloat; Neither did I, I was just passing along complaints aired by others. > > I'm pretty sure I remember a kernel discussion on some of > > the issues and there is a desire to have one single crypto > > API that is available for all purposes, loopback fs or other. > > we really need to unify all those crypto related kernel space projects; > otherwise linus surely won't let them go into the kernel (at least I > expect this, judging from the past ;-) > Note that the security people are doing something similar and unifying behind the LIDS patches. Even SELINUX has been rewritten to work as a module that uses them, as are some of the other projects. -- ------------------------------------------------------ Use Linux: A computer Dale Amon, CEO/MD is a terrible thing Village Networking Ltd to waste. Belfast, Northern Ireland ------------------------------------------------------ Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
