From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268695AbUI3KqP (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:46:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269142AbUI3KqP (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:46:15 -0400 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:37298 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268695AbUI3KqM (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:46:12 -0400 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:46:10 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: Jean-Luc Cooke Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" , linux@horizon.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cryptoapi@lists.logix.cz, jmorris@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL/PATCH 2] Fortuna PRNG in /dev/random Message-ID: <20040930104610.GZ847@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: Jean-Luc Cooke , Theodore Ts'o , linux@horizon.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cryptoapi@lists.logix.cz, jmorris@redhat.com References: <20040924005938.19732.qmail@science.horizon.com> <20040929171027.GJ16057@certainkey.com> <20040929193117.GB6862@thunk.org> <20040929202707.GO16057@certainkey.com> <20040929215315.GB6769@thunk.org> <20040930002100.GQ16057@certainkey.com> <20040930042303.GS16057@certainkey.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="QxSStYAgvEtE+iQJ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040930042303.GS16057@certainkey.com> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.6.8-rc4 X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --QxSStYAgvEtE+iQJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-09-30 00:23:03 -0400, Jean-Luc Cooke wrote in message <20040930042303.GS16057@certainkey.com>: > --- linux-2.6.8.1/crypto/Kconfig 2004-08-14 06:56:22.000000000 -0400 > +++ linux-2.6.8.1-rand2/crypto/Kconfig 2004-09-28 23:30:04.000000000 -0400 > @@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ > help > This option provides the core Cryptographic API. > =20 > +config CRYPTO_RANDOM_FORTUNA > + bool "The Fortuna RNG" > + help > + Replaces the legacy Linux RNG with one using the crypto API > + and Fortuna by Ferguson and Schneier. Entropy estimation, and > + a throttled /dev/random remain. Improvements include faster > + /dev/urandom output and event input mixing. > + Note: Requires AES and SHA256 to be built-in. > + > config CRYPTO_HMAC > bool "HMAC support" Instead of mentioning AES and SHA256 being required built-in, why not just "select" them? MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 = _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg = _ _ O fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Irak! = O O O ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)= ); --QxSStYAgvEtE+iQJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBW+PyHb1edYOZ4bsRAjsrAJ9rQPH1ryzHJfZYk8loG0/m+0rYowCgj6YC FOaBBeU2FSiSpKKVns90AP4= =SzL/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --QxSStYAgvEtE+iQJ--