Re: loop.c: DES bugfixes

Alexander Kjeldaas (astor@guardian.no)
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 23:00:21 +0200

On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 05:06:05PM +0000, A. Wik wrote:
>
> I've updated the *-kernel and *-crypto patches to work with 2.1.108.
> I'll make these updates available from:
>
> ftp://mail1.bet1.puv.fi/incoming/
>
> I think the *-kernel patch could safely be merged with the mainstream
> kernel (this includes the XOR-encryption). The *-crypto patch contains
> serious cryptography such as IDEA and CAST, and probably suffer from
> those silly and annoying export restrictions. Note that the patches
> remove DES (it should be moved to a separate file instead, with the
> Berkeley patches applied).
>

That looks great, but I saw a mention of CONFIG_KERNELD in that patch
which should probably be fixed.

astor

-- 
 Alexander Kjeldaas, Guardian Networks AS, Trondheim, Norway
 http://www.guardian.no/


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