hi... On Thu, 2001-09-27 at 15:36, zentara wrote: > I have applied the 2.4.8 kernel patch, as advertised on this list, to > use the crypto-api > on my linux machine. I couldn't get the standard distribution to work, > so I > had to rely on the patch; but it works great. ...that's what the patch is (also) for... ;-) > My only question is: > How do you use the Digest-MD-5 and the Digest-SHA1 functions? > I built them into the kernel, and they report registration on boot, > but how do I actually use them? I know how to use the md5sum and > sha1sum utilities that come with Suse, but what trick is there to using > the cryptoapi versions built into a kernel? they are meant to be used from kernel space; you'd have to write some kernel module/routines that make use of them... afaik there's no known project/application which makes use of them yet... a possible use would be to make the random generator use the digests... regards, -- Herbert Valerio Riedel / Phone: (EUROPE) +43-1-58801-18840 Email: hvr@xxxxxxxxxx / Finger hvr@xxxxxxx for GnuPG Public Key GnuPG Key Fingerprint: 7BB9 2D6C D485 CE64 4748 5F65 4981 E064 883F 4142
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