Le mercredi 07 janvier 2004 � 20:37:07, Roberto Gassira' a �crit:
> I think that there are a lot of reason to implement a communication 
> channel with smart card in kernel mode.
> An example is:
> have you ever tried to write any kernel service that  uses smart card to 
> store cryptographics keys with a userland lib or framework?

What's the problem with the manipulation of keys in userland?

As far as I know the kernel part of IPSec get its keys from user land
programs for example.

Your motivation for doing like this is for security or because of an
implementation constraint?

Regards,

-- 
 Dr. Ludovic Rousseau                        [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 -- Normaliser Unix c'est comme pasteuriser le camembert, L.R. --
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