Re: idea: MAC level compression & crypto

Tymm Twillman (tymm@coe.missouri.edu)
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 15:04:59 -0500


Does this apply even if they aren't "for" crypto, but just happen to be
good places for crypto code to latch on to? How is it decided? I mean,
couldn't a call to main() be considered a crypto hook?

what if it's just named frobnostigate_data? even if it has to be
considered a "debugging" hook, and a function written to strobe the caps
lock indicator each time it's called, to give it semblance of
legitimacy... then, two weeks later someone "notices" the potential and
releases a crypto module...

-Tymm

On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > Note we can't put crypto hooks into a kernel because America is stupid (not
> > > America not Americans). They can go in the kerneli patches. Thats one
> > > reason for just using ssh 8)
> >
> > btw,
> > that question has been staying around for longer in my head:
> > why there can not be HOOKS in kernel ?
> > they arent crypto...
>
> Tell that to the US government. It sucks basically.
>
>
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