linux-kernel - Re: RSA support into kernel?

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Message-ID: <20070706102238.GE3400@zakalwe.fi>
Date:	Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:22:38 +0300
From:	Heikki Orsila <shdl@...alwe.fi>
To:	Gautam Singaraju <gautam.singaraju@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RSA support into kernel?

On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 05:53:11PM -0700, Gautam Singaraju wrote:
> Is there any attempt being made to provide software based RSA
> cryptographic support in kernel?

I fail to see how it would be useful. RSA is such a slow operation that 
doing it in userspace is efficient and safer.

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