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Re: remote kernel debugging over a network



Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
IPKDB used a custom MD5-based packet hash for "security".  I actually
think it would probably be very easy to support a single IPsec ESP
security association instead.  The hair with IPsec is all with key
negotiation.  Don't bother, and don't do some things like replay
protection, and ESP is a very simple, compact little shim layer on IP.
ESP requires a random-number generator with cryptographic quality. I'm not sure we can provide that in the limited environment of the kernel debugger.

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Jordan Gordeev



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