Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: idea: MAC level compression & crypto | Date | 29 Aug 1999 00:38:31 GMT |
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Followup to: <37C86123.2CF49E43@Mutz.com> By author: Marc Mutz <Marc@Mutz.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Robert Walsh wrote: > > > > > > why there can not be HOOKS in kernel ? > > > > they arent crypto... > > > > > > Tell that to the US government. It sucks basically. > > > > When I was working on security systems (back when I lived in Ireland) > > we couldn't put hooks in our code either because the French government > > would not accept the software if we did. You couldn't even put the > > crypto stuff inside a shared library in case someone preloaded > > something else... I guess it's not just the US government. > > > So how do the 'hooks' for XOR and DES encryption in the util-linux > package (mount/lo{mount,setup}.c) fit into this picture? Is that not > considered a crypto hook? >
It's a generic data-transformation interface. The distinction may seem meaningless but that's just a reflection of how ridiculous the regulations are.
-hpa
N.B. "I'm not a lawyer. This is not legal advice." -- <hpa@transmeta.com> at work, <hpa@zytor.com> in private!
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