diff --git a/zeta/rsa_bench/Makefile b/zeta/rsa_bench/Makefile
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+all: compile
+
+compile: rsa.go rsa_test.go
+	go build -o example.exe
+	go test -c -o bench.exe
+
+example: example.exe
+	./example.exe
+
+benchmark: bench.exe
+	./bench.exe -test.v -test.bench=.
+
+clean:
+	rm -f ./bench.exe ./example.exe
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diff --git a/zeta/rsa_bench/readme.md b/zeta/rsa_bench/readme.md
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+## Benchmark of In-Kernel RSA Signing from User Space
+
+This program uses the Linux API to access to in-kernel cryptographic
+operations. This Go program makes direct syscalls to the kernel similarly
+to the `keyctl` utility command.
+
+To run an example:
+    $ make example
+
+To run a benchmark:
+    $ make benchmark
+
+After that, the output looks like:
+
+```
+BenchmarkRSAKernel
+BenchmarkRSAKernel-16    	     283	   4283867 ns/op
+BenchmarkRSAGo
+BenchmarkRSAGo-16        	    1412	    908581 ns/op
+```
+
+The difference in time is expected as the program should wait for the
+operating system to respond the syscall, and move memory between the kernel
+space and the user space.
+
+Known Issues:
+- "failed to load the private key into the keyring: bad message"
+  This means the parser is not loaded. To solve this issue run:
+    $ sudo modprobe pkcs8_key_parser
diff --git a/zeta/rsa_bench/rsa.go b/zeta/rsa_bench/rsa.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"crypto"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/rsa"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"log"
+	"syscall"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+type KeySerial int32
+type Keyring int32
+
+const (
+	KEY_SPEC_PROCESS_KEYRING Keyring = -2
+	KEYCTL_PKEY_SIGN                 = 27
+)
+
+var (
+	keyTypeAsym = []byte("asymmetric\x00")
+	sha256pkcs1 = []byte("enc=pkcs1 hash=sha256\x00")
+)
+
+func (keyring Keyring) LoadAsym(desc string, payload []byte) (KeySerial, error) {
+	cdesc := []byte(desc + "\x00")
+	serial, _, errno := syscall.Syscall6(
+		syscall.SYS_ADD_KEY,
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&keyTypeAsym[0])),
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&cdesc[0])),
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&payload[0])),
+		uintptr(len(payload)),
+		uintptr(keyring),
+		uintptr(0),
+	)
+	if errno == 0 {
+		return KeySerial(serial), nil
+	}
+
+	return KeySerial(serial), errno
+}
+
+type pkeyParams struct {
+	key_id         KeySerial
+	in_len         uint32
+	out_or_in2_len uint32
+	__spare        [7]uint32
+}
+
+func (key KeySerial) Sign(info, digest, signature []byte) error {
+	var params pkeyParams
+	params.key_id = key
+	params.in_len = uint32(len(digest))
+	params.out_or_in2_len = uint32(len(signature))
+
+	_, _, errno := syscall.Syscall6(
+		syscall.SYS_KEYCTL, KEYCTL_PKEY_SIGN,
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&params)),
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&info[0])),
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&digest[0])),
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&signature[0])),
+		uintptr(0),
+	)
+	if errno == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return errno
+}
+
+func loadKeyToKernel(key crypto.PrivateKey) KeySerial {
+	pkcs8, err := x509.MarshalPKCS8PrivateKey(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to serialize the private key to PKCS8 blob: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	serial, err := KEY_SPEC_PROCESS_KEYRING.LoadAsym("test rsa key", pkcs8)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to load the private key into the keyring: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Loaded key to the kernel with ID: %v", serial)
+
+	return serial
+}
+
+func main() {
+	const N = 2048
+
+	var (
+		msg       = []byte("hello world")
+		digest    = sha256.Sum256(msg)
+		signature [N / 8]byte
+	)
+
+	priv, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, N)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to generate private key: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	keyInKernel := loadKeyToKernel(priv)
+
+	err = keyInKernel.Sign(sha256pkcs1, digest[:], signature[:])
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to sign the digest: %v", err)
+	}
+	log.Printf("Signature from Kernel: %x...", signature[:10])
+
+	err = rsa.VerifyPKCS1v15(&priv.PublicKey, crypto.SHA256, digest[:], signature[:])
+	log.Printf("Valid signature: %v", err == nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to verify the signature: %v", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/zeta/rsa_bench/rsa_test.go b/zeta/rsa_bench/rsa_test.go
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+++ b/zeta/rsa_bench/rsa_test.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"crypto"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/rsa"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"log"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkRSAKernel(b *testing.B) {
+	const N = 2048
+
+	var (
+		msg       = []byte("hello world")
+		digest    = sha256.Sum256(msg)
+		signature [N / 8]byte
+	)
+
+	priv, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, N)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to generate private key: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	keyInKernel := loadKeyToKernel(priv)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		err := keyInKernel.Sign(sha256pkcs1, digest[:], signature[:])
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to sign the digest: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkRSAGo(b *testing.B) {
+	const N = 2048
+
+	var (
+		msg    = []byte("hello world")
+		digest = sha256.Sum256(msg)
+	)
+
+	priv, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, N)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to generate private key: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_, err := priv.Sign(rand.Reader, digest[:], crypto.SHA256)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to sign the digest: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}