"Theodore Y. Ts'o" wrote:
> I'd certainly agree that having a standard user-space library would be a
> Good Thing. The real question in my mind is should the code live in
> user space or in kernel space.
Definitely kernel space. Precisely because a good source of entropy is:
* not computable, you need to get it from a device
* essential for assorted security applications
it needs to be in kernel space, where it can talk to raw devices, and be
protected from corruption & spoofing.
Crispin
-----
Crispin Cowan, Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science, OGI
NEW: Protect Your Linux Host with StackGuard'd Programs :FREE
http://www.cse.ogi.edu/DISC/projects/immunix/StackGuard/
