On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 07:18:50PM +0200, The Hog ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have ben told that the Linux kernel contains cryptographic code in many
> places. U.S. export restrictions forbid to export software that contains
> cryptographic code to certain countries, such as Iran. This also applies to
> the Linux kernel.
Did you hear that Russians have a nuclear weapon?
> Would it be possible to build a kernel that does not contain cryptographic
> algorithms? I understand that several cryptographic options can be disabled
> through "make menuconfig". But, will that be enough or are there crypto
> routines in the kernel that cannot be removed?
Disable NET and block layer to be able to disable cryptoapi.
It can be more fine grained though.
> Note that disabling cryptographic functionality is not enough, the
> cryptographic code may not be compiled and linked into the binary kernel
> image at all. Nor may any cryptographic library, kernel or user module
> contain cryptographic functionality.
Can rot13 algo and userspace utility be considered as "cryptographic
library, kernel or user module"?
--
Evgeniy Polyakov
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