In a recent note, Timothy Sipples said: > Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:02:08 -0500 > > The analogy to ICSF in the Linux world is OpenSSL. If you've got the right > kernel and OpenSSL version, and your Linux software is using OpenSSL, it > should exploit the hardware appropriately. > Linux? Interesting. I had thought the interfaces to the encryption hardware were Trade Secret? Has IBM opened the specifications? Or have they provided a closed-source driver (allowed by GPL) with open specifications at a higher layer?
In somewhat related business news, IBM has unlocked the cell: http://news.google.com/news?q=ibm+cell Who knows? If there's an open interface to the crypto hardware, might the ETR be next? -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html