Re: [PATCH 0/3] enhance RNG api with flags to allow for different operational modes

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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 01:08:24PM -0400, Neil Horman wrote:
>
> Just so that I'm clear on what your suggesting, you're approach would be to
> register two algs in ansi_cprng, a 'raw' cprng, and a 'fips compliant cprng'
> underneath that used the raw cprng as a base, but implemented the continuity
> test underneath it?  If so, yeah, I can get behind that idea.  I'll spin a new
> set of patches shortly.

Yes, exactly like how we structure the raw CTR and RFC3686 which
is CTR tailored for IPsec.

Thanks,
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