>>> [...] I have serious concerns for doing asymmetric cryptography in >>> the kernel [...] >> Can you clarify the concerns? > Asymmetrical cryptography is slow and complex. [...] The > implementation is non-trivial [...]
Didn't that ship sail long ago? I recall seeing people talking about putting entire languages into the kernel, in some cases even including jitters. Much as I dislike this, I find that far more "no way in hell is that going into _my_ machines' kernels!". I also disagree that asymmetric crypto is necessarily all that complex. Some asymmetric crypto algorithms require nothing more complex than large-number arithmetic. (Slow, yes, but not particularly complex.) /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
