Re: RFC: redesigning random(4)

2011-12-11 Thread Sandy Harris
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Sandy Harris wrote: > I have been thinking about how random(4) might be redesigned ... > > ... make the input > pool use Skein (or another SHA-3 candidate) and the output pools a > modified counter-mode AES. I now actually have most of the code for that and a sub

Re: [PATCH 21/21] MODSIGN: Apply signature checking to modules on module load [ver #3]

2011-12-11 Thread David Howells
Rusty Russell wrote: > I think you misunderstand, I'm talking about the modinfo command, not > the .modinfo section. Sorry, yes. But why do you need to enhance modinfo? > But I need to know exactly what these version-dependent mangling of > modules is. Is it real? Is it more than strip? Is

[PATCH 1/1] Added CRYPTO_ALG_KERN_DRIVER_ONLY flag.

2011-12-11 Thread Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
The added CRYPTO_ALG_KERN_DRIVER_ONLY flag indicates whether a cipher is only available via a kernel driver. If the cipher implementation might be available by using an instruction set or by porting the kernel code, then it must not be set. Signed-off-by: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos --- drivers/cryp