Re: cvs commit: openssl/crypto/engine hw_ncipher.c

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

From: Dr Stephen Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

drh> hndidx is to hold a new index for the additional data thats being used
drh> in the RSA structure. As such it should be called once in a single
drh> threaded context. This is what's normally done with this kind of thing.
drh> Check the various EX_DATA manpages for more info on what its does.

Hmm, you say that it should be thread-specific?  I see no indication
of that, now that I'm looking around...

drh> Also if I recall hndidx is only used if you access a secure hardware
drh> key, it never gets used for pure acceleration. So unless you plan to
drh> export the nFast_loadRSAkey() function it wont be much use.

I have put in support for key management in relevant places.
Basically, all that is missing is a nFast_loadRSAkey()-like function.

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