OpenSSL / libcrypt What is the ENGINE interface to Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) modules that are installed in the kernel of UNIX/Linux operating systems? Does the GNU/Kernel interface support some mechanism(s) for application libraries to determine what CSPs are available in the operating sytsem kernel?
I have need to know how the libcrypt gains knowledge of installed CSP modules that are protected by the operating system. These CSP modules should be itemized as a list of ENGINES in libcrypt. I would prefer to use hardware acceleration supported by kernel CSP modules instead of using the default software ENGINE of libcrypt. I would also like to use the libcrypt APIs to facilitate application portability between hardware platforms that have different sets of CSP modules installed in the kernel. Sincerely, Steven J. Hathaway <shathawa(at)e-z(dot)net> ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [email protected]
