Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 9 Aug 2003 20:49:27 -0700 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional? |
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On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 22:14:18 -0500 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 07:07:27PM -0700, Robert Love wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 07:33, Matt Mackall wrote: > > What if you kept crypto API optional, made random.c a config option, and > > make that depend on the crypto API. ... > Eek, let's not go there.
I definitely agree, removing the integrity of random.c is not an option. Even things inside the kernel itself rely upon get_random_bytes() for anti-DoS measures. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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