Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:45:39 +0530 | From | jimmy bahuleyan <> | Subject | Re: RSA support into kernel? |
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Gautam Singaraju wrote: > Is there any attempt being made to provide software based RSA > cryptographic support in kernel? I see that Linux supports > Hardware based cryptographic devices (VIA Padlock ACE). How is the > performance of such hardware? How well are these devices supported? > -GS
i fail to see why the kernel should provide software RSA support? The hardware support that you're talking about are device drivers for chips, not a cryptographic interface.
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