Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261317AbVCEW7M (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Mar 2005 17:59:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261305AbVCEW4h (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Mar 2005 17:56:37 -0500 Received: from kweetal.tue.nl ([131.155.3.6]:55047 "EHLO kweetal.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261324AbVCEWoY (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Mar 2005 17:44:24 -0500 Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 23:44:15 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Alexander Nyberg Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: dm-crypt vs. cryptoloop reminder Message-ID: <20050305224415.GA8837@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <1110058524.13821.17.camel@boxen> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1110058524.13821.17.camel@boxen> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-Spam-DCC: CollegeOfNewCaledonia: kweetal.tue.nl 1189; Body=1 Fuz1=1 Fuz2=1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 954 Lines: 27 On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 10:35:24PM +0100, Alexander Nyberg wrote: > 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 Are you a troll? This is not something to be quoted by anybody serious. Andrew referred to "well-known weaknesses" in cryptoloop, and when I inquired it turned out that what he referred to were properties of cryptoloop and dm-crypt alike, so that his remarks that started that discussion were misguided. Of course people may prefer dm-crypt or cryptoloop or loop-aes, just like people prefer ide-cd or ide-scsi. I have not yet seen a valid reason to deprecate one of these three very soon. Andries - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/