Re: Encrypted File systems implementation into the kernel?

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Date: Mon Feb 07 2000 - 18:26:42 EST

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Marc Mutz wrote:
>
> Okay, so pay the licence or not use IDEA. If I happen to want to use
> IDEA for encrypting my /dev/loop on my home box, why not (I don't, I use
> Blowfish)? IIRC, you can implement IDEA any way you like, as long as you
> pay if you use it in a way Eric explained. All I'm saying is that there
> are legitimate uses for IDEA that do not require you to pay and it is no
> problem to make an GPLed implementation part of the kernel (please
> correct me if I'm wrong).
>
> Apart from the pros and cons of particular ciphers: Do we share the
> opinion that the kernel Crypto-API should not be limited to a single
> cipher (e.g. AES)?
>

Of course.

-hpa

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