Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > (1) A cut-down MPI library derived from GPG with error handling added. > > Do we really need to add this? I presume you mean the MPI library specifically? If so, then yes. It's necessary to do DSA signature verification (or RSA for that matter). > Wouldn't it be much nicer to just teach people to use one of the existing > signature things that we need for _other_ cases anyway, and already have > merged? Existing signature things? I know not of such beasts, nor can I see them offhand. > (Of course, it's possible that none of the current crypto supports any > signature checking at all - I didn't actually look. In which case my > argument is pointless). Hashing, yes; encryption, yes; signature checking: no from what I can see. It's possible that I can share code with eCryptFS, though at first sight that doesn't seem to overlap with what I want to do. David - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
