Re: [CRYPTO] is it really optimized ?

2007-04-15 Thread Satyam Sharma
Hi Mike, On 4/15/07, Michael Halcrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 08:01:24PM +0530, Satyam Sharma wrote: > I might be answering myself here, but clearly, removing the > whitelist does not seem possible given the PGP-message-framework > eCryptfs was designed in. The whole c

Re: [CRYPTO] is it really optimized ?

2007-04-15 Thread Michael Halcrow
On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 08:01:24PM +0530, Satyam Sharma wrote: > I might be answering myself here, but clearly, removing the > whitelist does not seem possible given the PGP-message-framework > eCryptfs was designed in. The whole cipher code thing is just posturing. eCryptfs could just as easily w

Re: [CRYPTO] is it really optimized ?

2007-04-15 Thread Satyam Sharma
On 4/15/07, Satyam Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/15/07, Michael Halcrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Note that eCryptfs whitelists the cipher name (see > fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c::ecryptfs_cipher_code_str_map[] and associated > functions). This is because eCryptfs needs to pick a cipher code

Re: [CRYPTO] is it really optimized ?

2007-04-15 Thread Satyam Sharma
On 4/15/07, Michael Halcrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 05:34:19AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > > You would assign "aes-foo" a lower priority and then tell eCryptfs to > use "aes-foo" instead of "aes". Note that eCryptfs whitelists the cipher name (see fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c::

Re: [CRYPTO] is it really optimized ?

2007-04-15 Thread Herbert Xu
On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 11:10:08PM +0200, Francis Moreau wrote: > > ok but do you think it's safe to assume that no others parts of the > kernel will request "aes-foo" ? Remember that the main point is to > optimize "aes-foo" ? What they request is up to the administrator. Cheers, -- Visit Open