Re: Crypto

[Hubert Chan <hackerhue@geek.com>]

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>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Peikert <news-innominate.list.debian.security@innominate.com> writes:

Martin> John DOE <bacteria@petekmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello everybody, I want to have some information about what kind of
>> cryptological benefits does my linux server offer to me . I searched
>> linuxdoc.org but could not find a howo about linux cryptology.  Could
>> you please guide me to a web site or to a documentation site where I
>> can start from the novice level and go up to the guru level ?

Martin> Take a look at http://www.kerneli.org

The patches at kerneli have known problems (and haven't been updated for
a while).  There's been quite a lot of discussion about this on the
linux-crypto list (archived at http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/).

I would suggest using the LoopAES package by Jaru Ruusu instead:
http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/loop-AES-v1.3d.tar.bz2
http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/loop-AES-v1.3d.tar.bz2.sign
http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/PGP-public-key.asc
If you're brave, you can also try the CVS version of cryptoapi by
Herbert Riedel:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cryptoapi/
(cryptoapi is based on the kerneli sources, but modified to reduce the
amount of kernel patching needed.  The current version suffers the same
above-mentioned problems as kerneli, but Herbert's been working on
fixing them in the CVS version.)

If you really want to use crypto under Linux, subscribe do the
linux-crypto list.  Aside from the usual flamewars and arrogant
developers, it's quite informative.

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