Patent ID: 9152800
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining at a cryptographic framework that a kernel does not support a first cryptographic cipher, the cryptographic framework residing in kernel space, wherein the first cryptographic cipher is incompatible with the cryptographic framework; sending a cipher lookup from the cryptographic framework to a cryptographic cipher adapter, the cryptographic cipher adapter configured to connect to the first cryptographic cipher by allowing use of third party proprietary ciphers that are not compatible with the cryptographic framework; performing cryptographic cipher algorithm initialization and setup via the cipher adapter such that the cryptographic framework interacts with the cipher adapter as though the cipher adapter is a kernel build-in cipher; performing a cryptographic data transformation using the first cryptographic cipher via the cipher adapter such that the first cipher interacts with the cipher adapter as though the cipher adapter is the cryptographic framework, wherein a request to perform the cryptographic data transformation results from a user space request.