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Date:      Fri, 10 Dec 1999 09:41:41 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Crypto in the kernel: where & how? 
Message-ID:  <199912100741.dBA7fgW23996@gratis.grondar.za>

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> What is the plan (if any) for including crypto stuff in the kernel?
> As time goes on this will be more and more needed, eg. for IPSec
> and other VPN applications.

The KAME/IPv6 guys have already brought this up; the agreement was
that...

> It would be nice if we had a /usr/src/sys/crypt directory, plus whatever
> export-controlled firewalling silliness is necessary.

...a sys/crypt/ directory should hold their DES code. :-)

> Proposal.. (to get things started)
> 
>   - Add /usr/src/sys/crypt directory

The CTM things aleady know about this dir.

> My ulterior motive is to checkin netgrapph/ng_mppc.c which adds
> MPPE/MPPC support for PPTP.  However it's useless without an [A]RC4
> implementation.

I'd like DES, arc4 and MD5/SHA for Yarrow.

M
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