In a recent note, Timothy Sipples said:
> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:02:08 -0500
>
> The analogy to ICSF in the Linux world is OpenSSL. If you've got the right
> kernel and OpenSSL version, and your Linux software is using OpenSSL, it
> should exploit the hardware appropriately.
>
Linux? Interesting. I had thought the interfaces to the encryption hardware
were Trade Secret? Has IBM opened the specifications? Or have they provided
a closed-source driver (allowed by GPL) with open specifications at a higher
layer?
In somewhat related business news, IBM has unlocked the cell:
http://news.google.com/news?q=ibm+cell
Who knows? If there's an open interface to the crypto hardware, might the
ETR be next?
-- gil
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