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diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index cc49177774f..00000000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -=== NCR API === - -This is the linux-cryptodev NCR branch. The ioctl() API is in ncr.h. - -For the new API to fully operate, root must load a system key (constant -per system) using the ncr-setkey program. After this stage the new API should -be fully operational. Example: -$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=/boot/key count=1 bs=16 -$ chmod 600 /boot/key -$ userspace/ncr-setkey /boot/key - -The main concept of the new API is disallow userspace applications -access to cryptographic keys. Operations are possible (such as -encryption/decryption/signing/verifying), but raw access to the -keys is not be possible. - - -=== OpenBSD crypto compatibility === - -A compatibility API using OpenBSD's interface via /dev/crypto device driver -is supported. This enables access to kernel space cipher implementations -and hardware accelerators. - - - -For questions and suggestions please use the mailing lists at: -http://home.gna.org/cryptodev-linux/lists.html - - -Maintained by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos (nmav [at] gnutls [dot] org) |