adding crypto support to GENERIC

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Wed Nov 19 10:08:53 PST 2003


In message <20031119175105.GA16518 at troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, Steve Kargl w
rites:
>On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:47:15AM -0800, Sam Leffler wrote:
>> I'd like to add the in-kernel crypto support to the GENERIC kernel together 
>> with the hifn and ubsec drivers (not sure about the SafeNet driver as those 
>> cards are not often encountered).  Doing this would enable out-of-the-box h/w 
>> accelerated openssl on machines with h/w crypto devices. This change would 
>> not affect the kernel on the floppy.  This would be for the 5.2 release.
>> 
>> Comments?
>> 
>
>What are the implications for individuals
>who live in countries that restrict access
>to crypto?

Are there any of those left ?

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