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In message <CAG6CVpXdCT2=3DfdRXe77Q6m0126ZYPa+x4AdH6NZ4Sk-fyztVAg@mail.gma=
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, Conrad Meyer writes:

>But, embedding lua or something like lua in the kernel is completely
>tangential to the problem of providing a good generic interface for
>crypto hardware.  Please don't hijack this thread with that
>discussion.

The problem is not the interface to the crypto hardware, but getting
the data to and from the crypto hardware in the first place.

You can either drown yourself in special cases (IPSEC, HTTPS, ...) with
a "good generic interface for crypto hardware", or you can solve the
actual problem, with a A Good Generic Interface For Data Streams.

But don't let me distract you with my experience here, I only spent
years on it...

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