linux-kernel - Re: comparison of the AF_ALG interface with the /dev/crypto

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Message-ID: <4E5FB074.6000404@gnutls.org>
Date:	Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:19:00 +0200
From:	Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@...tls.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au, phil@....cc,
	cryptodev-linux-devel@....org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: comparison of the AF_ALG interface with the /dev/crypto

On 09/01/2011 05:32 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos<nmav@...tls.org>
> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 17:06:06 +0200
>
>> It would be interesting to have a partial kernel-space TLS
>> implementation but I don't know whether such a thing could ever make
>> it to kernel.
> Herbert and I have discussed this several times and we plan on
> implementing this at some point.

The problem is that TLS is not a universal thing. There is still SSH,
kerberos, openvpn (as far as I remember it is a custom protocol), etc. 
It makes sense to have something to apply broadly, especially when it is 
in the Linux kernel. Currently have a device such as /dev/crypto looks 
like a good compromise.

regards,
Nikos
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