Subject: dm-crypt vs. cryptoloop reminder
From: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@dsv.su.se>
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Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 22:35:24 +0100
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2.6.3-mm1 'dm-crypt vs. cryptoloop' discussion was some time ago, it is
time to bring this up again:
http://kerneltrap.org/node/2433

I'm no cryptanalyst, but googling a bit shows a bunch of problems with
it (also see above thread), there is no maintainer and most importantly
there is a replacement for it that has active maintainers. Redundant
security solutions is a risky thing to me.


===== Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 1.4 vs edited =====
--- 1.4/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt	2005-01-14 22:22:44 +01:00
+++ edited/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt	2005-03-05 22:13:12 +01:00
@@ -15,3 +15,10 @@ Why:	It has been unmaintained for a numb
 	against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
 Who:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
 
+
+What:	cryptoloop
+When:	July 2005
+Files:	drivers/block/cryptoloop.c and parts of drivers/block/loop.c
+Why:	Unmaintained, has vulnerabilities that haven't been fixed.
+	Superseded by dm-crypt that has been in mainline for a long time 
+	now: http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/


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