On 12/09/2010 09:02 PM, Jordan wrote: > > This is my first-ever query in this forum – please be kind ! > > > > I’ve been poking around in the GRUB2 code lately, and noticed that > part of the libgcrypt package doesn’t get included in the built > modules. I see how the Python script translates the standard > libgcrypt source files into new ones that can compile in the GRUB > build environment, but I also notice that DSA, RSA, ElGamal, ECC, > PrimeGen(?) do not actually get compiled. Perhaps this is because > they rely on some other functionality that isn’t present, such as MPI > (multiple-precision integers) ? (a side effect is that several source > files are translated and then not used.) > > > Just nobody worked on them yet. We needed ciphers and hashes for some purposes so they were imported. If you need asymetric patches are welcome to include them. > > What would it take to get them working? Has anyone looked at this > before to size it up? > > > > I have an application to verify a DSA signature during the bootloader, > and without it I’ll have to propose a different approach to my customer. > > > > Thanks, > > Jordan > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >
-- Regards Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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