Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:16:58 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> Cc: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Plan for integrating Secure RPC -- comments wanted Message-ID: <32B5A02A.446B9B3D@whistle.com> References: <11680.850740486@critter.tfs.com>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > In message <199612152022.PAA05216@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>, Bill Paul writes: > > Hi Bill, > > Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. I finally found time to > read it, and here are my comments: > > For the DES pollution: > > Put DES in the kernel. > > This could be as an LKM, which would be the easiest, or as > a proper kernel-source file, which would be slightly harder > to manage distributions-wise. > > Result: > * You avoid your planned hack. > * We could do away with the two versions if libcrypt we have > now, and collapse them into one. > * Which makes the dual versions of /bin/ed, /sbin/init ... > unneeded. > * Our secure dist would consist of only the LKM file. > > Drawback: > * Minor optional kernel bloat. > would be compatible with H/w solutions that I know some people have...
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