| This is a /dev/crypto device driver, equivalent to those in OpenBSD or |
| FreeBSD. The main idea is to access of existing ciphers in kernel space |
| from userspace, thus enabling re-use of a hardware implementation of a |
| cipher. |
| |
| For questions and suggestions please use the mailing lists at: |
| http://cryptodev-linux.org/lists.html |
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| === How to combine with cryptographic libraries === |
| |
| * GnuTLS: |
| |
| GnuTLS needs to be compiled with --enable-cryptodev in order to take |
| advantage of /dev/crypto. GnuTLS 3.0.14 or later is recommended. |
| |
| * OpenSSL: |
| |
| The current releases of openssl support /dev/crypto by replacing |
| eng_cryptodev.c with the version available in the extras subdirectory. |
| In order to compile use the -DHAVE_CRYPTODEV -DUSE_CRYPTODEV_DIGESTS flags. |
