Re: [9fans] Encryption

[Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de>]

* Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net> wrote:
> > Is there an library (like openssl) or an separate fs for that ?
>
> ssl(3), tls(3), rc4(2), pushtls(2), pushssl(2), and related pages
> such as rsa(2) and mp(2)

Thx, I'll have a look at it later (currently a bit under time
presure :(().

Perhaps you could give me a little comparison between plan9's
crypt stuff and openssl.

I need some interface(s) which can handle virtually any cipher.
My primary interst is using it on GNU'ish platforms (eg. Linux)
and also use it from within the kernel (make the kernel smaller).

I'm currently trying to evaluate which parts of the Linux kernel
could be moved out to userland. Already identified several lo-lovel-hw
independent drivers (eg. higher level usb) and complex network
filesystems (eg. coda or smb/cifs). IMHO they most of them could
be made 9P2k servers :)


cu
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