Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 1 Nov 1996 17:15:57 -0500 (EST) | From | Nathan Bryant <> | Subject | Re: unusual startup messages |
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On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Crypto issues are pretty murky, and they are definitely going to get > > murkier. Strongish crypto shouldn't get into the kernel since it'll > > make the kernel inaccessible to a decent number of people. > > An interface to it has to get into the kernel. The fact some people have > totalitarian big brother governments isnt a Linux problem. Making it modular > means those people who don't want to emigrate to get the best from their OS > can avoid bits. > > Alan >
The U.S. government won't even allow module interfaces from what I understand. No 'enabling technologies' and all that bullshit.
So we have to be really careful about the crypto interface to the kernel...
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