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[Xen-devel] Xen hypercall encryption technique.

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Subject: [Xen-devel] Xen hypercall encryption technique.
From: ReehanAhmedKhan I L <reehanahmedkhan.il@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:49:19 +0530
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Hi All,

Xen has a set of keys declared in in xen-3.4.2\xen\crypto\rijndael.c.  There seems to be a huge key space there (so many keys!).
How is the key selection done to encrypt a hypercall?
Is a new key selected for each hypercall, if so how and where is the decryption done?

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