about crypto service in Genode

[Jian Liu]

2013/4/1 Christian Helmuth <christian.helmuth at ...1...>

> Hello Jian Liu,
>
> On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 02:34:05PM +0800, Jian Liu wrote:
> >      When I read "Road Map for 2013", I find there is furture release
> 13.05
> > (should be publised in May this year according to the Road Map) which
> > support Cryptography functions in Genode. And moreover, I also find
> current
> > topics related to crypto serivce as follow.
> >
> >      https://github.com/genodelabs/genode/issues/55
>
> According to the issue tracker Taru Karttunen was working on the issue
> a year ago. IIRC he was also follwing this mailing list. We don't have
> additional information about the state of his work.
>

   Has he provided any release in the code base?


>
> So, we'll have to revive the topic ourselves soon, but do not have
> detailed plans just some bullet points
>
> - Cipher and hash for block-device encryption. Candidates are SHA and
>   AES.
> - Sufficiently secure sources for random numbers including a kind of
>   entropy gathering daemon
> - Block-device service with encryption
>

    Thanks for info.

>
> >      But it has not been updated for serval monthes. I wonder if there
> is a
> > detailed planning about crypto development in Genode. I am interested in
> > it. I can join this work follow your planning.
>
> I expect our plans will substantiate in the next weeks.
>

     If you have any idea or progress, plse let me know.


> Could you please elaborate more what's your interest in Crypto on
> Genode or what scenario you're targeting?
>

    There is no any targeting scenario yet. I think the encryption should
be one of important functions in secure OS applications.

      Best,

      Jian.
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