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Mark R V Murray markm at FreeBSD.org
Thu Jul 2 19:21:41 UTC 2015


> On 2 Jul 2015, at 19:42, Arthur Mesh <amesh at juniper.net> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jul 02, 2015 at 11:36:27AM -0700, Simon J. Gerraty wrote:
>>> Sound like you just need to be able to select a single KLD at boot time?
>> 
>> Quite possibly.
>> 
>> Will confirm...
> 
> Hello,
> 
> We need to be able to select a random adaptor at load time. I.e. loader
> is the one selecting it based on configuration.
> 
> I.e., if the box is configured to boot in FIPS mode, it should use NIST
> SP800-90 HMAC-DRBG adaptor. Otherwise, it uses the default FreeBSD
> adaptor (Fortuna I guess).

No problem!

Could you please let me know your implementation’s API? If I have that,
or at least an approximation, I can make a framework in which you can
insert your code.

> We do not need ability to switch adaptors at run-time.

Excellent. This has been causing trouble for me for ages.

M
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