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DateFri, 06 Jul 2007 12:45:39 +0530
Fromjimmy bahuleyan <>
SubjectRe: RSA support into kernel?
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.

-jb
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